Mid-Holocene macrofossil-bearing raised marine beaches at Potter Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: DEL VALLE, RODOLFO A., MONTALTI, DIEGO, INBAR, MOSHE
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2002
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Elephant Seal; ice core; King George Island; Pygoscelis adeliae; South Shetland Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102002000081; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102002000081

A 2.7 m thick mid-Holocene sedimentary succession composed of alluvial fan and marine beach deposits is exposed at 14.4–17.1 m above sea level (a.s.l.) on the south-eastern coast of Potter Peninsula, King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica). The raised marine beach deposits contain a...