Bunger Hills, East Antarctica: Ic
- journal_title：Geology
- Contributor：D.B. Gore ; E.J. Rhodes ; P.C. Augustinus ; M.R. Leishman ; E.A. Colhoun ; J. Rees-Jones
- Publisher：Geological Society of America
- Date：2001-
- Format：text/html
- Language：en
- Identifier：10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<1103:BHEAIF>2.0.CO;2
- journal_abbrev：Geology
- issn：0091-7613
- volume：29
- issue：12
- firstpage：1103
摘要
Optically stimulated luminescence dating of glaciofluvial and glacial-lake shoreline sediments indicates that the Bunger Hills area, in coastal East Antarctica, was largely ice free by the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Deglaciation commenced as early as 30 ka, and the southern hills were completely exposed by 20 ka. The sediments do not record evidence of an LGM readvance. Previous reconstructions of LGM ice limits for the area are incompatible with this new evidence.