Essays about: "Kerguelen archipelago"

Found 2 essays containing the words Kerguelen archipelago.

1. 1. Paleomagnetic dating of a mysterious lake record from the Kerguelen archipelago by matching to paleomagnetic field models

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Kim Teilmann; [2016]
   Keywords : lake sediment; Kerguelen archipelago; paleomagnetic secular variation; paleomagnetism; paleomagnetic field models; slump deposits; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Kerguelenöarna är en vulkanisk ögrupp belägen i det södra Indiska oceanen. Öarna ligger på polarfronten samt inom den cirkumpolära Antarktiska strömmen och södra halvklotets västvindsbälte. Detta gör Kerguelenöarna till en intressant plats för klimatstudier. READ MORE

3. 2. A palaeoenvironmental study of a peat sequence from Iles Kerguelen (49°S, Indian Ocean) for the Last Deglaciation based on pollen analysis

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Victor Henao; [2015]
   Keywords : Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In recent years, the Southern Hemisphere (SH) and the vast Southern Ocean (SO) have gained awareness and importance within the scientific community in relation to global climate change and the global CO2 cycle, par-ticularly since the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and into the Holocene. It is believed that the Southern Hemi-sphere Westerlies (SHW) play a key role in regulating climate change in the mid-to-high latitudes of the SH, thus reconstructing the SHW latitudinal positioning since the LGM has been crucial. READ MORE