Inland Ice Sheet Thinning due to Holocene Warmth
Abstract The Holocene warmth is now affecting the flow of the central West Antarctic ice sheet. It is supposed that the ice sheet reached approximate steady-state during the Wisconsinan. A perturbation analysis of ice-sheet temperatures indicates that deep ice has warmed by one or two degrees since...
| Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1979
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014994 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000014994 |
| Summary: | Abstract The Holocene warmth is now affecting the flow of the central West Antarctic ice sheet. It is supposed that the ice sheet reached approximate steady-state during the Wisconsinan. A perturbation analysis of ice-sheet temperatures indicates that deep ice has warmed by one or two degrees since the Wisconsinan. Warmer ice deforms more rapidly and the ice sheet should now be flowing 10 to 30% faster than during the Wisconsinan. |
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