Holocene ice recession at Polygon Spur, Reedy Glacier, Antarctica

• Published in: The Holocene
• Main Authors: Hall, Brenda, Bromley, Gordon, Stone, John, Conway, Howard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2016
• Subjects: Paleontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Ecology; Archeology; Global and Planetary Change; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Polygon Spur; Reedy Glacier; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959683616652708; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683616652708; http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0959683616652708

The Holocene history of outlet glaciers affords information on the behavior and mechanisms controlling the extent of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Here, we present both new radiocarbon and recalculations of previously published cosmogenic exposure-age data that constrain Holocene ice dynamics along...