Indications of Holocene sea-level rise in Beaver Lake, East Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Wagner, Bernd, Hultzsch, Nadja, Melles, Martin, Gore, Damian B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Amery; Beaver Lake; East Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/59766fd1-440d-42f8-b98f-86de04e46a48; https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200700017X; https://research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/files/62377668/Publisher%20version%20(open%20access).pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=34247509201&partnerID=8YFLogxK

A 100 cm long sediment sequence was recovered from Beaver Lake in Amery Oasis, East Antarctica, using gravity and piston corers. Sedimentological and mineralogical analyses and the absence of micro and macrofossils indicate that the sediments at the base of the sequence formed under glacial conditio...