Diatom biostratigraphy and early to mid-Pliocene paleoecology, southern Victoria Land Basin, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

• Main Author: Winter, Diane Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2009
• Subjects: Geology|Paleontology; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; Ross Sea; Southern Ocean; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI3350458

The recently recovered ANDRILL McMurdo Ice Shelf AND-1B drillcore provides an opportunity to address the work presented herein. A new diatom biostratigraphic zonation is introduced for this near-shore Antarctic region. Unique diatom assemblages present in this core reflect a distinct coastal marine...