Sea-Level Fingerprinting as a Direct Test for the Source of Global Meltwater Pulse IA

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Clark, P. U., Mitrovica, J. X., Milne, G. A., Tamisiea, M. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; Sunda; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1068797; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1068797

The ice reservoir that served as the source for the meltwater pulse IA remains enigmatic and controversial. We show that each of the melting scenarios that have been proposed for the event produces a distinct variation, or fingerprint, in the global distribution of meltwater. We compare sea-level fi...