Glacimarine sediments from outer Drygalski Trough, sub-Antarctic South Georgia – evidence for extensive glaciation during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Lešić, Nina-Marie, Streuff, Katharina Teresa, Bohrmann, Gerhard, Kuhn, Gerhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Ice cap; Iceberg*; Southern Ocean
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/57290/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107657; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.b0af47b1-c41a-45b4-b2c9-b7fcf9a6da9e

South Georgia, one of the largest sub-Antarctic islands, is located within the Southern Ocean and is influenced by the moisture-supplying Southern Westerlies and the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which are highly susceptible to Southern Hemisphere climate variability. Its unique location causes Sou...