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Victoria University Antarctic Research Expedition Science and Logistics Reports 1996-97: VUWAE 41

2. Proposed Programme

2. Proposed Programme

The principal objectives for the field season were:
(1)survey the height of the marine limit and provide profiles of the beach ridges and associated rock platforms.
(2)discover what alternative dating methods are viable in this coastal area.
(3)find a correlation between the different dating techniques.
(4)collect datable material (radiocarbon, thermoluminescence or surface exposure) to date beach ridges, preferably in sequences.
(5)describe the variation in beach forms along the coast.
(6)describe the raised beaches from a geomorphologic point of view.
(7)attempt to see the active beach forming and describe the processes.
(8)discover what influence ice plays in the formation of the antarctic beach.
(9)identify the provenance of glacial moraines along the Scott Coast.
(10)provide a chronology for retreat of ice from this area using surface exposure dating techniques.