Modern sedimentation, circulation and life beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

• Published in: Continental Shelf Research
• Main Authors: Post, AL, Galton-Fenzi, BK, Riddle, MJ, Herraiz-Borreguero, L, O'Brien, PE, Hemer, MA, McMinn, A, Rasch, D, Craven, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2014
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Marine Geoscience; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.10.010; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/88928

The surface sedimentary record from six cores collected from beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, provides a unique view of the sedimentary and oceanographic processes in this sub-ice shelf setting. The composition and age of the surface sediments indicate spatial variations in ice shelf ca...