A late Holocene lake sediment sequence from Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, with paleo-climatic implications

• Main Authors: Svante Bjorck, Hannelore Hskansson, Rolf Zale, Wibjorn Karlen
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: Key words; Antarctica; I4C chronology; lake sediments; microfossil stratigraphy; palaeoclimatology; South Shetland Islands; Livingstone; Livingstone Island; Midge Lake; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.468.2241; http://www.geol.lu.se/personal/seb/Publ 1991-95/SB et al 1991.pdf

Island, shows that the lake and its catchment have undergone significant changes during the last 4000 years. Radiocarbon dating (AMS), sediment lithology, and microfossil analyses indicate that the lake was deglaciated over 4000 14C years ago. Distinct peaks in accumulation rates of sediment, Pedius...