McMurdo Ice Shelf

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11Physical oceanography / Antarctic region / Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf / Oceanography / Weddell Gyre / Ross Ice Shelf / McMurdo Sound / Ice shelf / Ross Sea / Physical geography / Geography of Antarctica / Oceanic gyres

rafted debris in the shallower core is evident from the radiographs. Because the supply of ice-rafted debris to the seabed should be independent of bottom topography, the variation in abundance of ice-rafted debris betwe

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12Petrology / Sedimentology / Sedimentary rocks / Fisheries / Oceanography / Biogenic silica / McMurdo Sound / Continental shelf / Ice shelf / Geology / Physical geography / Water

The biomass of these sediments calculated from the extractable phospholipid and polar lipid ester-linked alkyl FAME showed levels equal to those in a highly productive Florida estuary. The antarctic sediments contained a

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13Biological oceanography / Diatom / Planktology / McMurdo Sound / McMurdo Dry Valleys / Micropaleontology / Antarctica / McMurdo Ice Shelf / Ross Ice Shelf / Geography of Antarctica / Physical geography / Antarctic region

The longest core was 125 centimeters and the shortest was 16 centimeters. Most of the cores were taken with the heavier Ocean Seismic corer, and this device provided cores with a diameter of 8 centimeters. The Benthos co

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14McMurdo Sound / McMurdo Ice Shelf / Archibald McMurdo / McMurdo Dry Valleys / Geography of Antarctica / Scott Coast / Transantarctic Mountains

figure 2 that the core is enriched in the components ferrous oxide (FeO), magnesium oxide (MgO), calcium oxide (CaO), manganese oxide (MnO), potassium oxide (K 20), water (H20) (?), and fluorine (F) relative to the tonal

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15Fjord / Glaciology / Lakes / Continental shelf / Antarctica / McMurdo Sound / Glacier / Ross Sea / Physical geography / Glacial landforms / Antarctic region

ships attempting passage to and from the southern Ross Sea. The Pennell and Ross Passage polynyas are best developed in spring and autumn, but also display intermittently lower ice concentrations during winter. They appe

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16Sea ice / Arctic Ocean / Extreme points of Earth / Climatology / McMurdo Sound / Polar ice packs / Ross Ice Shelf / Antarctica / Polynya / Physical geography / Earth / Glaciology

tion there. Our results indicate that nitrifier activity may also be an important pathway of carbon dioxide fixation in the water under annual sea ice at certain times of the year. Carbon dioxide fixed by nitrifiers in t

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17Glaciology / McMurdo Ice Shelf / McMurdo Sound / Antarctica / Mount Discovery / Antarctic ice sheet / Ice age / Ice shelf / Archibald McMurdo / Physical geography / Geography of Antarctica / Scott Coast

The center frequency of the transmitter pulse, determined by the antenna length, was 2 megahertz. A bicycle wheel counter triggered waveform acquisition. The receiver consisted of a high-gain amplifier and a digital stor

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18Historical geology / Amoeboids / Rhizaria / Paleogene / Geologic time scale / Eocene / Oligocene / Foraminifera / Miocene / Archaeological sub-disciplines / Biology / Geology

Valley, the sedimentology of Unit B in Ross Sea cores, benthic foraminifera from dirt bands on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, and diatoms in Ross Sea cores. Five new publications appeared during this period: Kellogg, Osterman, a

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19Ice sheet / Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf / Glacier / Ice shelf / Antarctica / Pensacola Mountains / Ice field / West Antarctic Ice Sheet / Orville Coast / Physical geography / Glaciology / Water ice

shale, coal, and petrified wood of Beacon Formation; many dike rocks in Beacon Formation; and Ferrar dolerite and McMurdo volcanic rocks. 4. Search for Antarctic meteorites. A joint U.S.—Japan search for meteorites was

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Language: English - Date: 2011-05-06 03:38:06
20Ice age / Glacier / Ice shelf / Lake Vida / Antarctica / Ice sheet / McMurdo Dry Valleys / Ross Ice Shelf / Physical geography / Geography of Antarctica / Glaciology

Site stratigraphy indicates that the mirabilite was deposited on a slightly irregular but horizontal ice surface and that marine mud carried with the injection of these sub-ice shelf brines to the shelf surface settled u

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