East Antarctic ice sheet retreat as a response to meltwater pulse 1A.

• Main Authors: Makintosh, A, Domack, E, Leventer, A, White, DA, Fink, D, Gore, DB, Dunbar, R
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic Regions; Ice; Sheets; Sea Level; Melting; Continental Shelf; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Framnes; Framnes Mountains; Greenland; Mac.Robertson Land; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*; Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research
• Online Access: http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/2091

We develop an empirical model of East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) retreat during the last termination in Mac.Robertson Land. Exposure dating, marine cores and swath bathymetry indicate retreat from the continental shelf and ice sheet drawdown in coastal mountains began ~13 ka. Calving re-entrant bays...