Antarctic Glacial History Since the Last Glacial Maximum: An Overview of the Record on Land

• Main Authors: Ingólfsson, Ólafur, Hjort, Christian, Berkman, Paul A., Björck, Svante, Colhoun, Eric, Goodwin, Ian D., Hall, Brenda, Hirakawa, Kazuomi, Melles, Martin, Möller, Per, Prentice, Michael L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 1998
• Subjects: Antarctica; deglaciation; C-14 chronology; climate optimum; Holocene; Earth Sciences; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Victoria Land
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/125; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/ers_facpub/article/1124/viewcontent/hall_10_326_344.pdf

This overview examines available circum-Antarctic glacial history archives on land, related to developments after the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). It considers the glacial-stratigraphic and morphologic records and also biostratigraphical information from moss banks, lake sediments and penguin rookeri...