Late Holocene increase in sea ice extent in fjords of the Vestfold Hills, eastern Antarctica

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Author: McMinn, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2000
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Geology; Palaeontology (incl. Palynology); East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Platcha; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice cap; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102000000110; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/19271

Sediment cores from Abel and Platcha Bays, in the Vestfold Hills, east Antarctica, contain evidence for a local late Holocene increase in fast ice extent and a possible ice cap retreat at approximately 1750 yr BP, a similar time to the Chelnock Glaciation. Prior to this time both bays experienced pe...