The onset of deglaciation of Cumberland Bay and Stromness Bay, South Georgia

Antarctic Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-32

  Van Der Putten, N ^a   Verbruggen, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Early Holocene deglaciation; Geomorphology; Glacial refugia; Palaeoecology; Radiocarbon dates; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; REFUGIUM; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; SOUTH GEORGIA; WORLD;

EID: 15244357690     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102005002397     Document Type: Article

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