Antarctic raised beaches: Insight on geochronology, relative sea level, and coastal processes

• Main Author: Simkins, Lauren Miller
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2014
• Subjects: Geology; Sedimentary geology; Geomorphology; Antarctica; coastal processes; glacial isostatic adjustment; optically stimulated luminescence; raised beaches; sea level; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Calmette; Calmette Bay; East Antarctica; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Ross Sea; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; The Beaches; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7n3090qp

Beaches are preserved above sea level along ice-free portions of the Antarctic coastline due to post-glacial rebound associated with glacial isostatic adjustment since the Last Glacial Maximum. The ages and elevations of these beaches provide relative sea-level constraints for glacial isostatic adju...