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Pleistocene glacial history of the New Zealand subantarctic islands
Eleanor Rainsley
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
ICELAB, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment,
University of Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
Chris S. M. Turney
Palaeontology,
Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA), School of Biological,
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for
Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of New South Wales,
NSW 2052, Australia
Nicholas R. Golledge
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University
of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
GNS Science, Avalon,
Lower Hutt 5011, New Zealand
Janet M. Wilmshurst
Long Term Ecology Laboratory,
Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
School of Environment,
University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Matt S. McGlone
Long Term Ecology Laboratory,
Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
Alan G. Hogg
Waikato Radiocarbon Laboratory, University of Waikato, Private Bag
3105, Hamilton, New Zealand
Australian Research Council (ARC)
Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of
Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
Bo Li
Centre for Archaeological
Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Australian Research Council
(ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage,
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Zoë A. Thomas
Palaeontology,
Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA), School of Biological,
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for
Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of New South Wales,
NSW 2052, Australia
Richard Roberts
Centre for Archaeological
Science, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of
Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
Australian Research Council
(ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage,
University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
Richard T. Jones
Department of Geography, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK
deceased
Jonathan G. Palmer
Palaeontology,
Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA), School of Biological,
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for
Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), University of New South Wales,
NSW 2052, Australia
Verity Flett
School of the Environment, University of Dundee, Nethergate DD1
4HN, UK
Gregory de Wet
Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of
Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
David K. Hutchinson
Bolin Centre for Climate Research and
Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Mathew J. Lipson
ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science, University of
New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Pavla Fenwick
Gondwana Tree-Ring Laboratory,
P.O. Box 14, Little River, Canterbury 7546, New Zealand
Ben R. Hines
School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of
Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
Umberto Binetti
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Studies, School of Environmental Sciences,
University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
Christopher J. Fogwill
ICELAB, School of Geography, Geology and the Environment,
University of Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
Palaeontology,
Geobiology and Earth Archives Research Centre (PANGEA), School of Biological,
Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
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Short summary
The New Zealand subantarctic islands, in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, provide valuable records of past environmental change. We find that the Auckland Islands hosted a small ice cap around 384 000 years ago, but that there was little glaciation during the Last Glacial Maximum, around 21 000 years ago, in contrast to mainland New Zealand. This shows that the climate here is susceptible to changes in regional factors such as sea-ice expanse and the position of ocean fronts.
The New Zealand subantarctic islands, in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, provide...
