Constraints on ice volume changes of the WAIS and Ross Ice Shelf since the LGM based on cosmogenic exposure ages in the Darwin-Hatherton glacial system of the Transantarctic Mountains.

• Main Authors: Fink, D, Storey, B, Hood, D, Joy, K, Shulmeister, J
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2010
• Subjects: Ice; Glaciers; Antarctica; Mountains; Age estimation; Quaternary period; Antarctic; Darwin Glacier; Diamond Hill; Framnes; Framnes Mountains; Hatherton Glacier; Mackintosh; New Zealand; Roadend Nunatak; Ross Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Transantarctic Mountains; Wellman; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/2247

Quantitative assessment of the spatial and temporal scale of ice volume change of the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS) and Ross Ice Shelf since the last glacial maximum (LGM) ~20 ka is essential to accurately predict ice sheet response to current and future climate change. Although global sea level r...