Late Quaternary glaciation and deglaciation of the Bunger Hills, Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Adamson, Donald A., Colhoun, Eric A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1992
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bunger Hills; Edisto; Edisto Ice Tongue; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102092000658; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102092000658

The Bunger Hills were covered by the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the last glaciation. During deglaciation the ice sheet margin collapsed into the marine inlets and the sea entered the oasis before 7.7 ka BP. Raised beaches occur widely below 8.5 m and indicate uplift at 1.4 m ka −1 during the middle...