The response of Antarctic ice volume, global sea-level and southwest Pacific Ocean circulation to orbital variations during the Pliocene to Early Pleistocene

• Main Author: Patterson, Molly O'Rourke
• Other Authors: McKay, Robert, Naish, Timothy
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2014
• Subjects: Antarctica; Southern Ocean; Pacific Ocean; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; New Zealand; Pacific; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/3664

This thesis investigates orbitally-paced variations in the extent of East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS), and the “downstream” influence of these ice sheet variations on ocean circulation and sea level variability during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene - a time period characterised by a major global...