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...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0022143000014994 2024-03-03T08:37:36+00:00 Inland Ice Sheet Thinning due to Holocene Warmth Whillans, I. M. 1979 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014994 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000014994 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) Journal of Glaciology volume 24, issue 90, page 484 ISSN 0022-1430 1727-5652 Earth-Surface Processes journal-article 1979 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000014994 2024-02-08T08:37:11Z 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. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology Cambridge University Press Antarctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet Journal of Glaciology 24 90 484 |
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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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Inland Ice Sheet Thinning due to Holocene Warmth |
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