Sediments beneath multi-year sea ice: Delivery by deltaic and eolian processes

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-314

  Miller, Molly F ^a   Fan, Ziqian ^b   Bowser, Samuel S ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY DEPOSITS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; DEPOSITS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SILT; SUBMARINES;

DEPOSITIONAL PROCESS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDIAN GRAIN SIZES; TEXTURAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

SEA ICE;

DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; EOLIAN PROCESS; GRAIN SIZE; MARINE SEDIMENT; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT TRAP; SUBMARINE FAN;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 84925450464     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.20     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. ATKINS, C. B., AND DUNBAR, G. B., 2009, Eolian sediment flux from sea ice into southern McMurdo Sound, Antarctica: Global and Planetary Change, v. 69, p. 133-141.
2. AYLING, B. F., AND MCGOWAN, H. A., 2006, Niveo-eolian sediment deposits in coastal South Victoria Land, Antarctica: indicators of regional variability in weather and climate: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, v. 38, p. 313-324.
3. BARRETT, P. J., PYNE, A. R., AND WAARD, B. L., 1983, Modern sedimentation in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, in Oliver, R. L., James, P. R., and Jago, J. B., eds., Antarctic Earth Science: Fourth International Symposium: Cambridge, U. K., Cambridge University Press, p. 550-554.
4. BARRY, J. P., AND DAYTON, P. K., 1988, Current patterns in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica and their relationship to local biotic communities: Polar Biology, v. 8, p. 367-376.
5. BARTEK, L. R., AND ANDERSON, J. B., 1991, Facies distribution resulting from sedimentation under polar interglacial climatic conditions within a high-latitude marginal basin, McMurdo Sound, in Anderson, J. B., and Ashley, G. M., eds, Glacial Marine Sedimentation: Paleoclimatic Significance: Geological Society of America, Special Paper 261, p. 27-49.
6. BENTLEY, P. N., 1979, Characteristics and Distribution of Wind Blown Sediment, western McMurdo Sound, Antarctica [Unpublished B. S. Honors Thesis]: Victoria University, Wellington, 46 p.
7. BROACH, K. H., MILLER, M. F., AND BOWSER, S. S., 2011, Rates and styles of bioturbation by the Ataractic scallop Adamussium colbecki and ophiuroid Ophionotus victoriae [Abstract]: International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, Abstracts, v. 11, p. 547.
8. CHEWINGS, J. M., ATKINS, C. B., DUNBAR, G. B., AND GOLLEDGE, N. R., 2014, Eolian sediment transport and deposition in a modern high-latitude glacial marine environment: Sedimentology, v. 61, p. 1535-1557.
9. DAYTON, P. K., ROBILLARD, G. A., AND DEVRIES, A. L., 1969, Anchor ice formation in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, and its biological effects: Science, v. 163, p. 273-274.
10. DENNY, M., DORGAN, K. M., EVANGELISTA, D., HETTINGER, A., LEICHTER, J., RUDER, W. C., AND TUVAL, I., 2011, Anchor ice and benthic disturbance in shallow Antarctic waters: interspecific variation in initiation and propagation of ice crystals: Biological Bulletin, v. 221, p. 155-163.
11. DIECKMANN, G. S., AND HELLMER, H. H., 2009, The importance of sea ice: an overview, in Thomas, D. N., and Dieckmann, G. S., eds., Sea Ice, Second Edition: Oxford, U. K., Wiley-Blackwell, p. 1-22.
12. DORAN, P. T., MCKAY, C. P., CLOW, G. D., DANA, G. L., FOUNTAIN, A. G., NYLEN, T., AND LYONS, W. B., 2002, Valley floor climate observations from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, 1986-2000: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 107, ACL 13, p. 1-12.
13. DORAN, P. T., MCKAY, C. P., FOUNTAIN, A. G., NYLEN, T., MCKNIGHT, D. M., JAAROS, C., AND BARRETT, J. E., 2008, Hydrologic response to extreme warm and cold summers in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, East Antarctica: Antarctic Science, v. 20, p. 499-509.
14. DUNBAR, G. B., AND BARRETT, P. J., 2004, A compilation of textural data for modern and ancient sediments in the McMurdo Sound area, Antarctica: Antarctic Data Series No. 24, Antarctic Research Center, Victoria University of Wellington, 14 p.
15. FISCHER, H., FUNDEL, F., RUTH, U., TWARLOH, B., AND 25 OTHERS, 2007, Reconstruction of millennial changes in dust emission, transport and regional sea ice coverage using the deep EPICA ice cores from the Atlantic and Indian Ocean sector of Antarctica: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 269, p. 340-354.
16. FOLK, R. L., 1968, Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks: Austin, Texas, Hemphill, 170 p.
17. FOUNTAIN, A. G., NYLEN, T. H., MONAGHAN, A., BASAGIC, H. J., AND BROWMWICH, D., 2010, Snow in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: International Journal of Climatology, v. 30, p. 633-642.
18. GERSONDE, R., AND ZIELINSKI, U., 2000, The reconstruction of late Quaternary Antarctic sea-ice distribution: the use of diatoms as a proxy for sea-ice: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 162, p. 263-286.
19. GILLIES, J. A., NICKLING, W. G., AND TILSON, M., 2013, Frequency, magnitude, and characteristics of eolian sediment transport: McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Journal of Geophysical Research, Earth Surface, v. 118, p. 1-19.
20. GLASSER, N., GOODSELL, B., COPLAND, L., AND LAWSON, W., 2006, Debris characteristics and ice-shelf dynamics in the ablation region of the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica: Journal of Glaciology, v. 52, p. 223-234.
21. GOODAY, A. J., BOWSER, S. S., AND BERNHARD, J. M., 1996, Benthic foraminiferal assemblages in Explorers Cove, Antarctica: a shallow water site with deep-sea characteristics: Progress in Oceanography, v. 37, p. 117-166.
22. GRAINGER, E. H., 1988, The influence of a river plume on the sea-ice meiofauna in southeastern Hudson Bay: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, v. 27, p. 131-141.
23. HALL, B. L., 2009, Holocene glacial history of Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic islands: Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 28, p. 2213-2230.
24. HALL, B. L., AND DENTON, G., 2000, Radiocarbon chronology of the Ross sea drift, eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica: evidence for a grounded ice sheet in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum: Geografiska Annaler, v. 82A, p. 305-336.
25. HILLENBRAND, C.-D., AND CORTESE, G., 2006, Polar stratification: a critical view from the Southern Ocean: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, v. 242, p. 240-252.
26. HILLENBRAND, C.-D., BAESLER, A., AND GROBE, H., 2005, The sedimentary record of the last glaciation in the western Bellingshausen Sea (West Antarctica): implications for the interpretation of diamictons in a polar-marine setting: Marine Geology, v. 216, p. 191-204.
27. KELLOGG, T. B., KELLOGG, D. E., AND STUVIER, M., 1990, Late Quaternary history of the southwestern Ross Sea: evidence from debris bands on the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica, in Elliot, D. H., ed., Contributions to Antarctic Research I: American Geophysical Union, Antarctic Research Series, v. 50: p. 25-56.
28. KRAMER, M., SWADLING, K. M., MEINERS, K. M., KIKO, R., SCHELTZ, A., NICOLAUS, M., AND WERNER, I., 2011, Antarctic sympagic meiofauna in winter: comparing diversity, abundance and biomass between perennially and seasonally ice-covered regions: Deep Sea Research, Part II, Topical Studies in Oceanography, v. 58, p. 1062-1074.
29. LANCASTER, N., 2002, Flux of eolian sediment in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: a preliminary assessment: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, v. 34, p. 318-323.
30. LEVY, R., CODY, R., CRAMPTON, J., FIELDING, C., COLLEDGE, N., HARWOOD, D., HENRYS, S., MCKAY, R., NAISH, T., OHNEISER, C., WILSON, G., WILSON, T., AND WINTER, D., 2012, Late Neogene climate and glacial history of the Southern Victoria Land coast from integrated drill core, seismic and outcrop data: Global and Planetary Change, v. 96-97, p. 157-180.
31. LOHRER, A. M., CUMMING, V. J., AND THRUSH, S. F., 2013, Altered sea ice thickness and permanence affects benthic ecosystem function in coastal Antarctica: Ecosystems, v. 16, p. 224-236.
32. MAGER, S. M., SMITH, I. J., KEMPEMA, E. W., THOMSON, B. J., AND LEONARD, G. H., 2013, Anchor ice in polar oceans: Progress in Physical Geography, v. 37, p. 468-483.
33. MASSOM, R. A., AND STAMMERJOHN, S. E., 2010, Antarctic sea ice change and variability: physical and ecological implications: Polar Science, v. 4, p. 149-186.
34. MURRAY, K. T., MILLER, M. F., AND BOWSER, S. S., 2013, Depositional processes beneath coastal multi-year sea ice: Sedimentology, v. 30, p. 391-410.
35. NORKKO, A., ANDREW, N., THRUSH, S., CUMMINGS, V., SCHWARZ, A.-M., HAWES, I., MERCER, S., BUDD, R., GIBBS, M., FUNNEL, G., HEWITT, J., AND GORING, D., 2002, Ecology and Biodiversity of Coastal Benthic Communities in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea: Development of Sampling Protocols and Initial Results: New Zealand, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, 129 p.
36. NYLEN, T. H. FOUNTAIN, A. G., AND DORAN, P. T., 2004, Climatology of katabatic winds in the McMurdo dry valleys, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, DO3114, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003937.
37. PARKINSON, C. L., 2004, Southern Ocean sea ice and its wider linkages: insights revealed from models and observations: Antarctic Science, v. 16, p. 387-400.
38. SMITH, J. A., HILLENBRAND, C. D., PUDSEY, C. J., ALLEN, C. S., GRAHAM, A. G. C., 2010, The presence of polynyas in the Weddell Sea during the Last Glacial Period with implications for the reconstruction of sea-ice limits and ice sheet history: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 296, p. 287-298.
39. ®): Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, v. 40, p. 731-743.
40. SPEIRS, J. C., MCGOWAN, H. A., AND NEIL, D. T, 2008b, Meteorological controls on sand transport and dune morphology in a polar-desert: Victoria Valley, Antarctica: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 33, p. 1875-1891.
41. SPEIRS, J. C., STEINHOFF, D. F., MCGOWAN, H. A., BROMWICH, D. H., AND MONAGHAN, A. J., 2010, Foehn winds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: the origin of extreme warming events: Journal of Climate, v. 23, p. 3577-3598.
42. SPEIRS, J. C., MCGOWAN, H. A., STEINHOFF, D. F., AND BROMWICH, D. H., 2012, Regional climate variability driven by foehn winds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: International Journal of Climatology, DOI: 10.1002/joc.3481.
43. WALKER, B. J., MILLER, M. F., BOWSER, S. S., FURBISH, D. J., AND GUALDA, G., 2013, Dissolution of ophiuroid ossicles on the shallow Antarctic shelf: implications for the fossil record and ocean acidification: Palaios, v. 28, p. 317-332.
44. WINTON, V., DUNBAR, G., BERTLER N. A. N., MILLET, M.-A., DELMONTE, B., ANDERSSON, P., ATKINS, C., AND CHEWINGS, J., 2014, Locally derived eolian dust as a source of iron to the southwest Ross Sea: Global Biogeochemical Cycles, v. 28, doi: 10.1002/2013GB004574.
45. WOLFF, E. W., FISCHER, H., FUNDELL, F., RUTH, U., AND 24 OTHERS, 2006, Southern Ocean sea-ice extent, productivity and iron flux over the past eight glacial cycles: Science, v. 440, p. 491-496.