Sedimentological, geochemical and palaeontological evidence for a neoglacial cold event during the late Holocene in the continental shelf of the northern South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica

Polar Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-192

  Yoo, Kyu Cheul ^a   Yoon, Ho Il ^b   Kim, Jin Kyung ^b   Khim, Boo Keun ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Continental shelf; Diatom assemblages; Gravity core; Little ice Age; recentwarming

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DIATOM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; LITTLE ICE AGE; NEOGLACIAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ACTINOCYCLUS ACTINOCHILUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAETOCEROS; FRAGILARIOPSIS CURTA; FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS; NAVICULA GLACIEI; RHIZOSOLENIA ANTENNATA;

EID: 68249149233     PISSN: 08000395     EISSN: 17518369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-8369.2009.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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