Sirius Group in the Shackleton Glacier Region of the Queen Maud Mountains

该奖项是为了支持一个为期两年的项目，通过研究南极洲沙克尔顿冰川-莫德皇后山脉地区的沉积物来扩大天狼星群的地理和地层数据库。 野外活动将集中在海洋和陆地地层学的进一步发展，绘图和古植物学和古动物学材料的收集。 将试图复制100-150公里以外的比尔德莫河谷记录的上新世海洋和陆地气候、冰川和生物记录。 对有孔虫、硅藻、孢粉、大型植物和昆虫的微体古生物学研究将用于数据地层和提供古环境信息。 这些新数据将解决与内部冰盖历史有关的问题。

This award is for support for a two year project to expand the geographic and stratigraphic data base for the Sirius Group by studying deposits in the Shackleton Glacier-Queen Maud Mountains region of Antarctica. Field activities will center on further development of the marine and terrestrial stratigraphy, mapping, and collection of paleobotanical and paleozoological material. An attempt will be made to duplicate the Pliocene marine and terrestrial climate, glacial and biotic record documented 100-150 km away in the Beardmore Valley. Micropaleontological investigations of foraminifera, diatoms, palynomorphs, macroplants and insects will be used to data strata and provide paleoenvironmental information. These new data will address questions related to interior ice sheet history, among others.