Archaeology of relict Adélie penguin rookeries as an aid in reconstructing Holocene deglaciation of Antarctic coasts
Deglaciation, in particular the timing of the initial phase of ice recession, is poorly known but it is critical for understanding the cause of glacier retreat, the relationships among climate variations, sea-level rise, and ice-sheets dynamics. Uninhabited by humans before ca. 1900 AD, Antarctica c...
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Desert Research Institute, Nevada
2003
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11568/233951 |