Is the East Antarctic ice sheet stable?

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Pingree, Katherine, Lurie, Max, Hughes, Terence
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2011
• Subjects: Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Greenland; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.yqres.2010.12.001; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589410001444?httpAccept=text/xml; http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:S0033589410001444?httpAccept=text/plain; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0033589400007274

Abstract The Greenland and East and West Antarctic ice sheets are assessed as being the source of ice that produced an Eemian sea level 6 m higher than present sea level. The most probable source is total collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet accompanied by partial collapse of the adjacent sector...