Sedimentology and numerical modelling of aeolian sediment dispersal, McMurdo Sound, southwest Ross Sea, Antarctica

• Main Author: Chewings, Jane Margaret
• Other Authors: Atkins, Cliff, Dunbar, Gavin, Golledge, Nicholas
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2013
• Subjects: Aeolian; Sedimentation; Antarctica; Bernacchi; Cape Bernacchi; McMurdo Ice Shelf; McMurdo Sound; Ross Sea; Spike Cape; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/3067

Large volumes of aeolian sand and dust are deflated from unconsolidated till deposits, and supraglacial debris surrounding McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. This material is transported offshore with windblown snow onto extensive winter-formed sea ice in the southwest Ross Sea, and is subsequently released...