Holocene and pre-Holocene temporary disappearance

• Main Authors: C. Hjort, M. J. Bentley
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2001
• Subjects: Key words; Antarctic Peninsula; Alexander Island; glacial chronology; ice shelf Fig. 1. Antarctic Peninsula area; Antarctic; George VI Ice Shelf; George VI Sound; Two Step Cliffs; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.1629

Abstract: We present evidence for the absence of the George VI Ice Shelf during a brief period in the mid-Holocene and during one or more earlier interstadials or interglacials. Barnacle Bathylasma corollcorme shells sampled from ice shelf moraines at Two Step Cliffs on Alexander Island have been da...