Ice-stream retreat and ice-shelf history in Marguerite Trough, Antarctic Peninsula: sedimentological and foraminiferal signatures

• Published in: Geological Society of America Bulletin
• Main Authors: Kilfeather, A.A., Cofaigh, C.O., Lloyd, J.M., Dowdeswell, J.A., Xu, S., Moreton, S.G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Inner Bay; Marguerite; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/70904/

The timing, nature, and causes of grounded ice-sheet retreat following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) in Marguerite Trough, west Antarctic Peninsula, and subsequent early Holocene ice-shelf decay, are presented in this paper. We use sedimentological, foraminiferal, geotechnical, and accelerator mass...