A recent pollen diagram from Antarctica (King George Island, South Shetland Islands)

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: van der Knaap, W.O., van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F.N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 1993
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Antarctic; Deception Island; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095968369300300209; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/095968369300300209

A pollen diagram from King George Island, South Shetland Islands, is presented; it is the first from the Antarctic region. A basal radiocarbon date indicates a calibrated age of 300 years or less. Pollen of one or both of the native vascular plants and many long-distance transported types, mainly No...