Antarctica at the global ‘Last Glacial Maximum’ – what can we learn from cosmogenic 10Be and 26Al exposure ages?.

• Main Author: Fink, D
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: AMS-13 2017
• Subjects: Ice; Antarctica; Glaciers; Bedrock project; Seas; Cosmology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Framnes; Glacier Shackleton; Hatherton Glacier; Ross Ice Shelf; Shackleton; Shackleton Range; Southern Ocean; Vestfold; Vestfold Hills; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/8286; http://ams13.cerege.fr/Vote%20for%20AMS13%20in%20Aix%20en%20Provence%20!!_fichiers/AMS13_All_Abstracts.pdf

Ice volume changes at the coastal margins of Antarctica during the global LGM are uncertain. The little evidence available suggests that behaviour of the East and West Antarctic Ice Sheets are markedly different - and complex. It is hypothesised that during interglacials, thinning of the Ross Ice Sh...