Late Pleistocene and early Holocene change in the Weddell Sea: A new climate record from the Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Turney C., Fogwill C., Van Ommen T. D., Moy A. D., Etheridge D., Rubino M., Curran M. A. J., Rivera A.
• Other Authors: Turney, C., Fogwill, C., Van Ommen, T. D., Moy, A. D., Etheridge, D., Rubino, M., Curran, M. A. J., Rivera, A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Blue Ice Area; Katabatic wind; Meridional Overturning Circulation; Sea ice; Southern Annular Mode; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Weddell; Bia; Ellsworth Mountains; Patriot Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11591/410558; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2668

The transition from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene (30 000-5000 years ago) was a period of considerable climate variability, which has been associated with changes in deep water formation and the intensity of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. Although numerous records exist across the No...