Rapid early Holocene sea-level rise in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Hodgson, Dominic A., Whitehouse, Pippa L., De Cort, Gijs, Berg, Sonja, Verleyen, Elie, Tavernier, Ines, Roberts, Stephen J., Vyverman, Wim, Sabbe, Koen, O'Brien, Philip
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Prydz Bay; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Vestfold; Larsemann Hills; Rauer Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511024/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/511024/1/Hodgson.pdf; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921818115301867

Prydz Bay is one of the largest embayments on the East Antarctic coast and it is the discharge point for approximately 16 % of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Geological constraints on the regional ice sheet history include evidence of past relative sea-level change at three sites; the Vestfold Hills,...