Evidence for the continued existence of Abraxas Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica during the Last Glacial Maximum

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Gibson, JAE, Paterson, KS, White, CA, Swadling, KM
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Univ Press 2009
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Zoology; Zoology not elsewhere classified; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Abraxas Lake; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica; Ice cap; Ice Sheet; Polar Ice Cap
• Online Access: http://www.cambridge.org/online/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102009001801; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/54444

Evidence is provided from a sediment core from saline Abraxas Lake, Vestfold Hills, that indicatesthat the lake existed through the Last Glacial Maximum. It can therefore be concluded that at least part of theVestfold Hills also remained ice-free through the Last Glacial Maximum, or at most was cove...