The Antarctic Peninsula's Response to Holocene Climate Variability: Controls on Glacial Stability and Implications for Future Change

• Main Author: Minzoni, Becky Lynn
• Other Authors: Anderson, John B, Droxler, André, Nittrouer, Jeffrey A, Rudolf, Volker
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; Holocene climate; glacimarine sediment; polar diatoms; glacial stability; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Croft; Ferrero Bay; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice cap; ice core; Ice Shelves; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1911/88211

The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the most rapidly changing regions in the Cryosphere, with 87% of its glaciers receding and several ice shelves catastrophically collapsing since observations began in the 1960’s. These substantial, well-documented changes in the ice landscape have caused concern for...