Evidence for a “Little Ice Age” glacial advance within the Antarctic Peninsula – Examples from glacially-overrun raised beaches

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Simms, Alexander R., Bentley, Michael J., Simkins, Lauren M., Zurbuchen, Julie, Reynolds, Laura C., DeWitt, Regina, Thomas, Elizabeth R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Calmette; Calmette Bay; Greenwich; Greenwich Island; Joinville; Joinville Island; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Raised Beach; Spark Point; Tay; Tay Head; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Tidewater
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/34623/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/34623/1/34623.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107195

Recognition of how dynamic the Antarctic ice sheets and glaciers were during the late Holocene has grown in recent years. Proxy data suggests the presence of Neoglacial advances but few moraines or glacial features from this time have been dated compared to glaciated landscapes of the Northern Hemis...