Relative sea level curves for the South Shetland Islands and Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula.

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Bentley, M. J., Hodgson, D. A., Smith, J. A., Cox, N. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2005
• Subjects: Relative sea levels; RSL; Raised beach formation; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Raised Beach; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/1170/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.10.004

This paper presents preliminary relative sea level curves for the Marguerite Bay region and for the South Shetland Islands. The Marguerite Bay curve is constrained by both new and previously published 14C dates on penguin remains and shells, and on two isolation basins dating back to 6500 14C yr BP....