Late Quaternary environment of southern Windmill Islands, East Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Kirkup, Helen, Melles, Martin, Gore, Damian B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: East Antarctica; Law Dome; Peterson Island; Windmill Islands; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; ice core; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/publications/d54ede0c-4071-48ff-ab56-39a9034553c5; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102002000202; https://research-management.mq.edu.au/ws/files/62457917/Publisher%20version%20(open%20access).pdf; http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036919471&partnerID=8YFLogxK

Analyses on a sediment core collected from the Windmill Islands, East Antarctica are used to demonstrate that climatic conditions in this region prior to the Last Glacial Maximum were similar to those during the Holocene and that the area was overrun by ice at some stage between 26 kyr BP and the on...