Holocene raised beaches at Terra Nova Bay (Victoria Land, Antarctica)

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: BARONI, CARLO, Orombelli G.
• Other Authors: Baroni, Carlo, Orombelli, G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1991
• Subjects: raised beache; relative sea-level curve; Adélie Penguin; Relict penguin colonie; Ornithogenic soil; Radiocarbon dating; uplift rate; Terra Nova Bay; Victoria Land; Ross Sea; Antarctica; Guano; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/19191; https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(91)90023-X

More than 40 14C dates for raised beaches at Terra Nova Bay ranging from the present to 7505 ± 230 yr B.P. supply minimum or maximum limiting ages that bracket a relative sea-level curve for this part of Victoria Land. Most samples consist of guano and penguin remains collected from abandoned nestin...