Multi-proxy analyses of a peat bog on Isla de los Estados, easternmost Tierra del Fuego: a unique record of the variable Southern Hemisphere Westerlies since the last deglaciation

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Björck, Svante, Rundgren, Mats, Ljung, Karl, Unkel, Ingmar, Wallin, Åsa
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2012
• Subjects: Geology; Paleoclimate; Tierra del Fuego; South Atlantic; Southern Hemisphere; Westerlies; Aeolian proxies; Pollen analysis; Last deglaciation; Holocene; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Perseverance; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2903191; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.03.015

We have analyzed an almost 14,000 year old peat sequence on the island of Isla de los Estados (55 degrees S. 64 degrees W), east of Tierra del Fuego, in the core of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies. A multitude of methods have been used: high resolution C-14 dating; detailed lithologic description...