The deglacial history of NW Alexander Island, Antarctica, from surface exposure dating

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Johnson, Joanne S., Everest, Jeremy D., Leat, Philip T., Golledge, Nicholas R., Rood, Dylan H., Stuart, Finlay M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Alexander Island; Wilkins; Wilkins Ice Shelf; Rothschild; Rothschild Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2011.11.012; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589411001517?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589411001517?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400003914

Recent changes along the margins of the Antarctic Peninsula, such as the collapse of the Wilkins Ice Shelf, have highlighted the effects of climatic warming on the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet (APIS). However, such changes must be viewed in a long-term (millennial-scale) context if we are to unders...