Sediments Exposed on the Surface of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
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- 1 January 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Glaciology
- Vol. 14 (71) , 332-333
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022143000021821
Abstract
A highly crevassed region near a grounded ice rise on the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica was investigated and found to contain poorly sorted sediments. Preliminary analysis of a 27 g sample of sediments was undertaken using megascopic, microscopic, and X-ray diffraction methods. Igneous and meta-morphic rock fragments, their constituent minerals, and micro-fossils were noted in the sample. Insufficient data have been collected at this time to denote a particular source area for the sediments.Keywords
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