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: unknown
• Published: Wiley 2013
• Subjects: 13 Climate Action; anzsrc-for: 0403 Geology; anzsrc-for: 0406 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; anzsrc-for: 2101 Archaeology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Weddell; Bia; Ellsworth Mountains; Patriot Hills; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/unsworks_37180; https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2668

The transition from the late Pleistocene to the Holocene (30 000-5000 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 No...