Cirque Glacier on South Georgia Shows Centennial Variability over the Last 7000 Years

Cirque Glacier on South Georgia Shows Centennial Variability over the Last 7000 Years

A 7000 year-long cirque glacier reconstruction from South Georgia, based on detailed analysis of fine-grained sediments deposited downstream in a bog and a lake, suggests continued presence during most of the Holocene. Glacier activity is inferred from various sedimentary properties including magnet...

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Main Authors: Lea T. Oppedal, Jostein Bakke, Øyvind Paasche, Johannes P. Werner, Willem G. M. van der Bilt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
Subjects:
glacier
distal glacier-fed lake
distal glacier-fed bog
glacial sediments
holocene
neoglacial
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2018.00002/full

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