Insights into the Sea-Level History of the South Shetland Islands from Ground Penetrating Radar on Livingston Island, Antarctica

• Main Author: Gernant, Cameron Michael
• Other Authors: Simms, Alexander R
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2021
• Subjects: Sedimentary geology; Geomorphology; Geology; Glacial Isostatic Adjustment; Ground Penetrating Radar; Holocene Sedimentology; Mixed Clastic Beach; Polar Beach Processes; South Shetland Islands; Antarctic; Byers; Byers peninsula; Livingston Island; Raised Beach; South Beaches; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2df4080c

Raised beach ridges in polar environments are recorders of relative sea-level (RSL) change. The South Shetland Islands (SSI) contain large areas of ice-free raised beaches used to resolve paleo-sea-level change. The largest of these ice-free areas is Byers Peninsula (60 km2) on Livingston Island, SS...