Sequence Stratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Zircon Geochronology of the CIROS-1 Drill Core, Ross Sea, Antarctica: Implications for Cenozoic Glacial and Tectonic Evolution

• Main Author: Van de Ven, Evelien
• Other Authors: Naish, Tim, Baker, Joel
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2010
• Subjects: CIROS-1; Antarctica; ANDRILL; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ferrar Glacier; McMurdo Sound; Ross Sea; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/2125

Antarctica plays a central role in the global climate system. Understanding the continent's past climate interactions is key to predicting its future response to, and influence on, global climate change. In recent decades, sediment cores drilled on the Antarctic continental margin have provided...