Evaluation of Mumiyo Deposits From East Antarctica as Archives for the Late Quaternary Environmental and Climatic History

• Published in: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
• Main Authors: Berg, S., Melles, M., Hermichen, Wolf-Dieter, McClymont, E. L., Bentley, M. J., Hodgson, D. A., Kuhn, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Dronning Maud Land; East Antarctica; Guano; Nivea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice; Snow Petrel; Snow Petrels
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/48931/; https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GC008054; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.d146d8f7-5510-4420-a989-e134693c2db9

Mumiyo deposits form in the vicinity of snow petrel (Pagodroma nivea) nesting sites and consist of fossil stomach oil (mumiyo), guano, and minerogenic material. Here we evaluate mumiyo deposits from the inland mountain ranges of central Dronning Maud Land as high-resolution archives for paleoenviron...