Late Pleistocene and early Holocene change in the Weddell Sea: a new climate record from the Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Turney, C, Fogwill, C, van Ommen, TD, Moy, AD, Etheridge, D, Rubino, M, Curran, MAJ, Rivera, A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2013
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; Palaeoclimatology; Antarctic; Bia; Ellsworth Mountains; Patriot Hills; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; ice core; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2668; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/86797

The transition from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene (30 0005000 years ago) was a period of considerable climate variability, which has been associated with changes in deep water formation and the intensity of the Meridional Overturning Circulation. Although numerous records exist across the Nor...