Direct evidence of aeolian deposition of marine diatoms to an ice sheet

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Budgeon, AL, Roberts, D, Gasparon, M, Adams, N
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Univ Press 2012
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Palaeoclimatology; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Wilkins; Wilkins Runway; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102012000235; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/78075

Antarctic snow samples collected from the Wilkins Runway, c . 50 km inland from the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica, contain aeolian-derived diatoms. The diatom assemblage preserved is exclusively of marine origin. As diatoms are excellent indicators of source conditions, we are able to confirm th...