Ice-sheet variations as depicted in seismic records of the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Weigelt, Estella, Gohl, Karsten, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Larter, R.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; Ross Sea; West Antarctica; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/19747/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.31621

The dynamics of ice-sheets in response to climate changes becomes increasingly a focus of research. In this regard the glacial history of the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice-Sheet (WAIS) is of particular interest. A potential deglaciation and collapse of the Thwaites and Pine Island gl...