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. |