Distribution, lithofacies and environmental context of Neogene glacial sequences on James Ross and Vega islands, Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Hambrey, Michael J., Smellie, John L.
• Other Authors: Francis, J.E., Pirrie, D., Crame, J.A.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of London 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Island; Vega Island; Antarc*; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; James Ross Island
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/18013/; http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/258/1/187.abstract

Considerable controversy exists concerning the stability of the Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Neogene Period. The northern Antarctic Peninsula is in a critical position in this debate as it represents a peripheral area of the ice sheet and is therefore likely to have been sensitive to climatic chan...