The Holocene deglaciation of the Byers Peninsula (Livingston Island, Antarctica) based on the dating of lake sedimentary records

Geomorphology

Volumn 261, Issue , 2016, Pages 89-102

  Oliva, M ^a   Antoniades, D ^b   Giralt, S ^c   Granados, I ^d   Pla Rabes, S ^e   Toro, M ^f   Liu, E J ^g   Sanjurjo, J ^h   Vieira, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d Centro de Investigación   (Spain)

^e CREAF   (Spain)

^f Centre for Hidrographic Studies (CEDEX)   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Byers Peninsula; Deglaciation; Lake sediments

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ANTARCTICA; BYERS PENINSULA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84960145553     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.02.029     Document Type: Article

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