Holocene relative sea-level history of the Southern Victoria Land coast, Antarctica

• Published in: Global and Planetary Change
• Main Authors: Hall B. L, Denton G. H., BARONI, CARLO
• Other Authors: Hall, B. L., Baroni, Carlo, Denton, G. H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: relative sea level change; raised beache; Deglaciation; Scott Coast; Victoria Land; Antarctica; Relict penguin colonies; Guano; Raised Beach; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11568/84640; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2003.09.004

More than 130 radiocarbon dates of penguin remains and guano, sealskin, shells, and seaweed from raised beach ridges afford relative sea-level information for southern Victoria Land. A new relative sea-level curve suggests that the final unloading of grounded ice from the coast took place about 6600...