Cosmogenic 10 Be exposure dating of glacial erratics on Horseshoe Island in western Antarctic Peninsula confirms rapid deglaciation in the Early Holocene

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Çiner, Attila, Yildirim, Cengiz, Sarikaya, M. Akif, Seong, Yeong Bae, Yong Yu, Byung
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2019
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Horseshoe Island; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102019000439; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102019000439

Abstract The rapid warming observed in the western Antarctic Peninsula gives rise to a fast disintegration of ice shelves and thinning and retreat of marine-terminating continental glaciers, which is likely to raise global sea levels in the near future. In order to understand the contemporary change...