A lithostratigraphical and chronological study of Oligocene-Miocene sequences on eastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands (Antarctica) and correlation of glacial episodes with global isotope events

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Smellie, John L., McIntosh, William C., Whittle, Rowan, Troedson, Alexa, Hunt, Richard J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; King George Island; South Shetland Islands; Cinder Spur; Boy Point; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529379/; https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/529379/1/a-lithostratigraphical-and-chronological-study-of-oligocene-miocene-sequences-on-eastern-king-george-island-south-shetland-islands-antarctica-and-correlation-of-glacial-episodes-with-global-isotope-ev.pdf; https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antarctic-science/article/lithostratigraphical-and-chronological-study-of-oligocenemiocene-sequences-on-eastern-king-george-island-south-shetland-islands-antarctica-and-correlation-of-glacial-episodes-with-global-is

King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula) is renowned for its terrestrial palaeoenvironmental record, which includes evidence for potentially up to four Cenozoic glacial periods. An advantage of the glacigenic outcrops on the island is that they are associated with volcanic fo...