Timescale and Provenance of Pleistocene Sediment from ODP Leg 113 Site 693 in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica

• Other Authors: Carter, Eliza Abigail, O'Connell, Suzanne
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Antarctic; Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Wegener Canyon; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; North Atlantic; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/islandora/timescale-and-provenance-pleistocene-sediment-odp-leg-113-site-693-weddell-sea-antarctica; https://doi.org/10.14418/wes01.1.2045; https://digitalcollections.wesleyan.edu/sites/default/files/2023-03/28367-Thumbnail%20Image.png

Creating an accurate age model for Antarctic sediment is difficult due to a general lack of preserved carbonate. Core 693A-2R, from the Ocean Discovery Program (ODP) Leg 113, is an exception. Cored in 2560 m of water, this 9.5 m long core contains abundant foraminifera. Site 693 is located adjacent...