Reconstructing glacial and environmental change on the South Orkney Plateau, sub-Antarctica

• Main Author: Dickens, William A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Cambridge 2016
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Antarctica; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelves; South Orkney Islands
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/52118/; https://www.dropbox.com/s/resrqzu7jjuq7bf/Dickens%20PhD%20Thesis%202016_Revised%2013th%20May.pdf?dl=0; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.49f2e467-241e-4796-bf06-3bff7318aaee

Glaciers and ice shelves in the Antarctic Peninsula (AP) region, including neighbouring sub-Antarctic islands, have undergone sustained retreat over the past two decades resulting in enhanced global sea-level rise. These changes have been linked with rapid regional increases in atmospheric and ocean...