Cirque Glacier on South Georgia Shows Centennial Variability over the Last 7000 Years

• Published in: Frontiers in Earth Science
• Main Authors: Lea T. Oppedal, Jostein Bakke, Øyvind Paasche, Johannes P. Werner, Willem G. M. van der Bilt
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
• Subjects: glacier; distal glacier-fed lake; distal glacier-fed bog; glacial sediments; holocene; neoglacial; Science; Q; Neumayer; Ela; Tidewater
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2018.00002; https://doaj.org/article/05560942f71e4b889a508a1bfd40419f

A 7000 year-long cirque glacier reconstruction from South Georgia, based on detailed analysis of fine-grained sediments deposited downstream in a bog and a lake, suggests continued presence during most of the Holocene. Glacier activity is inferred from various sedimentary properties including magnet...