Late Quaternary relative sea level change in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Main Author: WATCHAM, EMMA,PEARL
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Relative sea level change; Antarctica; Isolation basins; Raised beaches; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ice Sheet; King George Island; South Shetland Islands
• Online Access: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/485/; http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/485/1/Watcham_PhD_Final.pdf

Models have been inconsistent in their prediction of ice sheet volumes and extent over the Antarctic Peninsula and sub-Antarctic islands during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), and their contribution to sea level rise during subsequent deglaciation remains uncertain. The use of precise relative sea l...