A compositional approach to understanding the formation of basal ice in Antarctic glaciers

• Main Author: Mager, Sarah Maree
• Other Authors: Fitzsimons, Sean, Frew, Russell
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Otago 2011
• Subjects: basal ice; Antarctica; glaciers; geochemistry; McMurdo Dry Valleys; McMurdo Ice Shelf; stable isotopes; Taylor Glacier; Wright Lower Glacier; Rhone Glacier; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; Rhone; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10523/558

The composition of ice from four case studies based on the facies, solute, stable isotope, and debris content reveals compositional differences reflective of different modes of ice formation. In Southern McMurdo Sound, there is a distinctive geochemical signature that differentiates between meteoric...