Frustules to fragments, diatoms to dust: How degradation of microfossil shape and microstructures can teach us how ice sheets work

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-99

  Scherer, Reed P ^a   Sjunneskog, Charlotte M ^a   Iverson, Meal R ^b   Hooyer, Thomas S ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Diatom; Fragmentation; Ice Sheet Models; Micromorphology; Ring Shear; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

DIATOMS; FRAGMENTATIONS; ICE SHEET MODELS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; RING SHEAR;

DEGRADATION; FOSSIL FUELS; ICE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGY;

DUST;

ICE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CELL SIZE; CHEMISTRY; DIATOM; FOSSIL; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SEDIMENT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL SIZE; DIATOMS; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE; PRESSURE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 17844405284     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2005.016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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