Ice shelf history from petrographic and foraminiferal evidence, northeast Antarctic Peninsula

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Pudsey, Carol J., Murray, John W., Appleby, Peter, Evans, Jeffrey
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2006
• Subjects: Glaciology; Earth Sciences; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Prince Gustav Channel; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/104/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.01.029

A detailed record of late Pleistocene deglaciation followed by mid-Holocene ice shelf breakup and late Holocene re-growth is contained in continental shelf sediments in the northern Larsen area, northeast Antarctic Peninsula. The zero age of core tops is confirmed by new and published 210Pb profiles...