The Antarctic contribution to Holocene global sea level rise

• Published in: Polar Research
• Main Authors: Ingólfsson, Ólafur, Hjort, Christian
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Svalbard; Greenland; Kya; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/2247; https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v18i2.6591

The Holocene glacial and climatic development in Antarctica differed considerably from that in the Northern Hemisphere. Initial deglaciation of inner shelf and adjacent land areas in Antarctica dates back to between 10-8 Kya, when most Northern Hemisphere ice sheets had already disappeared or dimini...