Records of environmental changes during the Holocene from Isla de los Estados (54.4 degrees S), southeastern Tierra del Fuego

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Unkel, Ingmar, Fernandez, Marilen, Björck, Svante, Ljung, Karl, Wohlfarth, Barbara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: Geology; Tierra del Fuego; sea-level changes; southern westerlies; paleoclimate; XRF; diatom analysis; peat; lake sediments; Holocene; Antarctic; Island C; Narrow Passage; Patagonia; Peat Lake; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1811477; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.07.003

Southernmost Patagonia, located at the relatively narrow passage between Antarctica and South America, is a highly sensitive region for recording meridional and zonal changes in the pattern of oceanic and atmospheric circulation. The island of Isla de los Estados, situated at 54.5 degrees S, 64 degr...