Oxygen-isotope (delta18O) evidence of Holocene hydrological changes at Signy Island, maritime Antarctica

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Noon, P.E., Leng, M.J., Jones, V.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: SAGE Publications 2003
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Earth Sciences; Hydrology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Signy Island; Sombre Lake; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12819/; http://hol.sagepub.com/content/13/2/251.abstract

A record of Holocene hydrological changes has been produced from variations in oxygen-isotope composition (delta(18)O) preserved in freshwater lake sediments from maritime Antarctica. Small amounts (<5%) of authigenic carbonate have been extracted from a non-marl sediment core from Sombre Lake, S...