Last major retreat of Antarctic ice sheets forced by sea level rise and ocean warming.

• Main Authors: Mackintosh, AN, Domack, E, Golledge, NR, Dunbar, R, Leventer, A, White, D, Fink, D, Gore, DB, Lavoie, C
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarctica; Ice; Quaternary period; Sea level; Greenhouse effect; Climatic change; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Mac.Robertson Land; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/2745

The retreat of Antarctic ice sheets during the transition from the last glacial period to the Holocene provides the most recent example of ice sheet response to major climate forcing and thus allows rates of ice sheet decay and coupling to sea level rise to be quantified. We observe through a combin...