Timing of the most recent Neoglacial advance and retreat in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula: Insights from raised beaches and Holocene uplift rates

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 41-55

  Simms, Alexander R ^a   Ivins, Erik R ^b   DeWitt, Regina ^c,e   Kouremenos, Peter ^d   Simkins, Lauren M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BP Canada ^*  (Canada)

^e EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate; Glacial rebound; Little Ice Age; Optically stimulated luminescence; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE; GLACIAL REBOUND; LITTLE ICE AGE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; LUMINESCENCE; SEA LEVEL;

BEACHES;

BEACH PROFILE; GLACIAL REBOUND; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOISOSTASY; LITTLE ICE AGE; LUMINESCENCE; MORAINE; NEOGLACIAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TELECONNECTION; UPLIFT;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84862156352     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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