AGE ESTIMATES OF HOLOCENE GLACIAL RETREAT IN LAPEYRÈRE BAY, AN ANVERS ISLAND FJORD

• Main Author: Mead, Kimberly 1988-
• Other Authors: Wellner, Julia S., Dupré, William R., Lapen, Thomas J., Rosenheim, Brad E.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Antarctica; Dating; Sediment; Fjord; Glaciers; Multibeam; Sedimentology; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Anvers; Anvers Island; Iliad Glacier; Lapeyrère Bay; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10657/598

Lapeyrère Bay is located on the eastern side of Anvers Island, off the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Though a large amount of data has been gathered in Lapeyrère Bay, very little has been published on the fjord’s glacial retreat history. The primary purpose of this study is to reconstruct glacial ret...