Project information
Project aim
The landward and seaward flows of water beneath floating ice shelves are deflected by the Coriolis force, and tend to be laterally separated. However, the sedimentary implications of this circulation pattern have not been considered. The work proposed here will improve our understanding of sub-ice shelf sedimentation processes and the marine sediment palaeorecord
Related publications
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Sedimentological signatures of the sub-Amery Ice Shelf circulation. Antarctic Science, 2007
(Ref: 13104)
Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
Abstract: Two sediment cores collected from beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica describe the … physical sedimentation patterns beneath an existing major embayed ice shelf. Core AM01b was collected … from a site of basal freezing, contrasting with core AM02…
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Sediment core from beneath the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, suggests mid-Holocene ice-shelf retreat Geology, 2003
(Ref: 13105)
Authors:Category 1: Peer-reviewed literature
The stability of floating ice shelves is an important indicator … of ocean circulation and ice-shelf mass balance. A sub–ice-shelf … sediment core collected during the Austral summer of 2000–2001 … from site AM02 (69842.89S, 72838.49E) on the Amery Ice Shelf, East … Antarctica…