Stratigraphic and paleoclimatic studies of a 5500-Year-old moss bank on Elephant Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Arctic and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Bjorck, Svante, Malmer, Nils, Hjort, Christian, Sandgren, Per, Ingolfsson, Olafur, Wallen, Bo, Smith, Ronald Ian Lewis, Jonsson, Bodil Liedberg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: INSTAAR, University of Colorado 1991
• Subjects: Botany; South Shetland Islands; Elephant Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arctic; Arctic and Alpine Research
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/519651/; https://doi.org/10.2307/1551679

Analyses of a core from the deepest known moss peat bank in Antarctica, on Elephant Island, South Shetlands, show that this Chorisodontium aciphyllum-dominated bank began to grow ca. 5500 14C yr BP. Combined with other studies in the region the present study indicates more extensive glaciation befor...