Provenance of Ross Sea Drift in McMurdo Sound (Antarctica) and implications for middle-Quaternary to LGM glacial transport: New evidence from petrographic data

• Published in: Sedimentary Geology
• Main Authors: Perotti, Matteo, Zurli, Luca, Sandroni, Sonia, Cornamusini, Gianluca, Talarico, Franco Maria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctica; Last Glacial Maximum; McMurdo Sound; Paleo ice-flow reconstruction; Sediment provenance; Ross Sea; Taylor Valley; Mackay; Wright Valley; Granite Harbour; Koettlitz Glacier; Royal Society Range; Wilson Piedmont Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11365/1062494; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.04.009; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0037073818301143?via=ihub

The provenance of Ross Sea Drift deposits from the McMurdo Sound region (Antarctica), ranging from middle Quaternary to a Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) age, has been investigated by means of petrographic techniques. A total of 19 bulk till samples from four areas was analyzed for three different granul...