Late Quaternary deglaciation and climate history of the Larsemann Hills (East Antarctica)

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Verleyen, Elie, Hodgson, Dominic A., Sabbe, Koen, Vyverman, Wim
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Glaciology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; East Antarctica; Prydz Bay; Larsemann Hills; Stornes; High Lake; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; ice core; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12509/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.823/pdf

The Late Quaternary climate history of the Larsemann Hills has been reconstructed using siliceous microfossils (diatoms, chrysophytes and silicoflagellates) in sediment cores extracted from three isolation lakes. Results show that the western peninsula, Stornes, and offshore islands were ice-covered...