Antarctica Contributions to Global Earth Sciences
Sixty articles arranged in eight thematic sections refer to most recent geological and geophysical results of Antarctic research. The Precambrian of the East Antarctic shield and its geological history is considered as well as sub-ice topography, geophysi
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Dieter K. Fütterer Detlef Damaske Georg Kleinschmidt Hubert Miller Franz Tessensohn (Editors)
ANTARCTICA Contributions to Global Earth Sciences Proceedings of the IX International Symposium of Antarctic Earth Sciences Potsdam, 2003
With 289 Figures, 47 in color
Editors Prof. Dr. Dieter Karl Fütterer Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research P.O. Box 12 01 61, 27515 Bremerhaven, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Detlef Damaske Federal Institute of Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) Stilleweg 2, 30655 Hannover, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Georg Kleinschmidt Institute for Geology and Paleontology, J. W.-Goethe-University Senckenberganlage 32, 60054 Frankfurt a. M., Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hubert Miller Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Section Geology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Luisenstr. 37, 80333 München, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Franz Tessensohn Lindenring 6, 29352 Adelheidsdorf, Germany E-mail: [email protected]
Cover photo: Scenic impression of Marguerite Bay coastline, Antarctic Peninsula, West Antarctica (photograph: AWI). Inset left: Multispectral satellite image map of Antarctica using Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) (image: USGS). Inset right: Multibeam swath-sonar record of sub-sea volcanic structures in Bransfield Strait, Antarctic Peninsula (image: AWI).
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Preface
The almost completely ice covered Antarctic continent and the seasonally to permanently ice covered Southern Ocean surrounding it, have in no way lost their fascination and interest for geoscientists. With increasing scientific and public awarene
