Radiocarbon ages, geochemistry, biomarkers and diatoms from the marine sediment core PS97/72-1, Bransfield Strait, Western Antarctic Peninsula

• Main Authors: Vorrath, Maria-Elena, Müller, Juliane, Cárdenas, Paola, Mieruch, Sebastian, Esper, Oliver, Opel, Thomas, Lembke-Jene, Lester, Etourneau, Johan, Vieht-Hillebrand, Andrea, Lahajnar, Niko, Lange, Carina Beatriz, Leventer, Amy, Evangelinos, Dimitris, Escutia, Carlota, Mollenhauer, Gesine
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; Biomarker; Holocene; IPSO25; Marine Sediment Core; Sea ice; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bransfield Strait; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.952279

The reconstruction of past sea ice distribution in the Southern Ocean is crucial for an improved understanding of ice-ocean-atmosphere feedbacks and the evaluation of Earth system and Antarctic ice sheet models. The Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) is experiencing rapid warming and the associated d...