Postglacial sedimentary and geomorphological evolution of a small sub-Antarctic fjord landscape, Stromness Bay, South Georgia

Antarctic Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 409-419

  Van Der Putten, Nathalie ^a   Verbruggen, Cyriel ^b   Alexanderson, Helena ^a   Björck, Svante ^a   Van De Vijver, Bart ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

diatoms; Holocene relative sea level; raised beaches; stratigraphy; sub Antarctic island

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; RAISED BEACH; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; STROMNESS BAY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84878470157     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102012000880     Document Type: Article

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