Antarctica : A Keystone in a Changing World

Antarctica is the center from which all surrounding continental bodies separated millions of years ago.

Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World, reinforces the importance of continual changes in the country's history and the impact of these changes on global systems.

The book also places emphasis on deciphering the climate records in ice cores, geologic cores, rock outcrops and those inferred from climate models.

New technologies for the coming decades of geoscience data collection are also highlighted.

Antarctica: A Keystone in a Changing World is a collection of papers that were presented by keynote speakers at the 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences.

It is of interest to policy makers, researchers and scientific institutions. Table of ContentsFront MatterSummary and Highlights of the 10th International Symposium onAntarctic Earth Sciences--T.

J. Wilson, R. E. Bell, P. Fitzgerald,S. B. Mukasa, R. D. Powell, and C. FinnAntarctic Earth System Science in the International Polar Year2007-2008--R.

E. Bell100 Million Years of Antarctic Climate Evolution: Evidence fromFossil Plants--J.

E. Francis, A. Ashworth, D. J. Cantrill, J. A. Crame, J. Howe, R. Stephens, A.-M. Tosolini, and V. ThornAntarctica's Continent-Ocean Transitions: Consequences for TectonicReconstructions--K.

GohlLandscape Evolution of Antarctica--S. S. R. Jamieson and D. E. SugdenA View of Antarctic Ice-Sheet Evolution from Sea-Level and Deep-SeaIsotope Changes During the Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic--K.

G. Miller,J. D. Wright, M. E. Katz, J. V. Browning, B. S. Cramer, B. S. Wade,and S. F. MizintsevaLate Cenozoic Climate History of the Ross Embayment from the AND-1BDrill Hole: Culmination of Three Decades of Antarctic MarginDrilling--T.

R. Naish, R. D. Powell, P. J. Barrett, R. H. Levy, S. Henrys, G. S. Wilson, L. A. Krissek, F. Niessen, M. Pompilio, J. Ross, R. Scherer, F. Talarico, A. Pyne, and the ANDRILL-MIS ScienceteamA Pan-Precambrian Link Between Deglaciation and EnvironmentalOxidation--T.

D. Raub and J. L. KirschvinkTectonics of the West Antarctic Rift System: New Light on theHistory and Dynamics of Distributed Intracontinental Extension--C. S. SiddowayThe Significance of Antarctica for Studies of GlobalGeodynamics--R.

SutherlandAntarctica and Global Paleogeography: From Rodinia, ThroughGondwanaland and Pangea, to the Birth of the Southern Ocean and theOpening of Gateways--T.

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