Late Quaternary environmental changes in Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, inferred from lake sediments and raised beaches

• Published in: Quaternary Science Reviews
• Main Authors: Hodgson, D.A., Roberts, S.J., Smith, J.A., Verleyen, E., Sterken, M., Labarque, M., Sabbe, K., Vyverman, W., Allen, C.S., Leng, M.J., Bryant, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bay Lake; Calmette; Calmette Bay; Horseshoe Island; Marguerite; Marguerite Bay; Narrows Lake; Pourquoi Pas; Pourquoi Pas Island; Pourquoi-Pas; Pourquoi-Pas?; The Antarctic; The Narrows; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.vliz.be/nl/open-marien-archief?module=ref&refid=238272

The Antarctic Peninsula is one of the fastest-warming regions on Earth, but its palaeoenvironmental history south of 63 degrees latitude is relatively poorly documented, relying principally on the marine geological record and short ice cores. In this paper, we present evidence of late-Quaternary env...