The Holocene history of George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula from clast-provenance analysis of epishelf lake sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 259, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 258-283

  Roberts, S J ^a   Hodgson, D A ^a   Bentley, M J ^a,b   Smith, J A ^a,b   Millar, I L ^c   Olive, V ^d   Sugden, D E ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate change; Ice shelf; Isotope geochemistry; Lakes; Sedimentology

Indexed keywords

CLAST; CLIMATE CHANGE; CRETACEOUS; HOLOCENE; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MELTWATER; PROVENANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; GEORGE VI ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 39849103568     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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