Relative sea-level history of Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula derived from optically stimulated luminescence-dated beach cobbles

• Main Authors: Simkins, Lauren M, Simms, Alexander R, DeWitt, Regina
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2013
• Subjects: Age; dated; error; Antarctic Peninsula; Calculated; Dose rate; sediment; ELEVATION; Equivalent dose; relative; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; NBP10-02_CB; NBP10-02_Land; OUTCROP; Outcrop sample; Overdispersion; Sample ID; Standard deviation; Antarctic; Calmette; Calmette Bay; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; South Shetland Islands; The Antarctic; The Beaches; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.818537; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.818537

Calmette Bay within Marguerite Bay along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula contains one of the most continuous flights of raised beaches described to date in Antarctica. Raised beaches extend to 40.8 m above sea level (masl) and are thought to reflect glacial isostatic adjustment due to th...