Archaeology of relict Adélie penguin rookeries as an aid in reconstructing Holocene deglaciation of Antarctic coasts

• Main Author: BARONI, CARLO
• Other Authors: Baroni, Carlo
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Desert Research Institute, Nevada 2003
• Subjects: Relict penguin colonie; Adélie Penguin; Deglaciation; relative sea-level curve; Holocene; Antarctica; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Ross Island; Terra Nova Bay; Guano; Antarc*; Emperor penguins; Pygoscelis adeliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/233951

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...