Holocene glacier variations in the Terra Nova Bay area (Victoria Land, Antarctica)

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Baroni, Carlo, Orombelli, Giuseppe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Victoria Land; Terra Nova Bay; Edmonson Point; Hells Gate; Nansen Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102094000751; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102094000751

Information on Holocene glacier variations in Antarctica is limited and sometimes contradictory. However, if the behaviour of the glaciers during the recent past can be clarified, their sensitivity to climatic changes can be evaluated and their contribution to the sea level variation may be predicte...