Reconstruction and Disintegration of Ice Sheets for the Climap 18000 And 125000 Years b.p. Experiments: Results

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Denton, G. H., Hughes, T. J., Fastook, J. L., Schilling, D. H., Lingle, C. S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1979
• Subjects: Earth-Surface Processes; Antarctic; Egga; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000015069; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000015069

Abstract Late-Wisconsin ice sheets were reconstructed for the CLIMAP 18000 years b.p. experiment. This experiment modeled the ice-age steady-state climate using boundary conditions that differed from present ones mainly in Earth-surface albedos, sea-surface areas, and land-surface topography. These...