Depositional environment and climate changes during the Holocene in Grande Valley, Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Chu, Zhuding, Sun, Liguang, Wang, Yuhong, Huang, Tao, Zhou, Xin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; King George Island; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Grande Valley; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095410201700030x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095410201700030X

Abstract A 9.24 m sediment core, GA-2, was collected on the coastal platform of Grande Valley, a relatively narrow and shallow fjord in Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica. The sediment was formed between 6600 and 2000 cal. yr bp according to accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) 14 C dat...