Exhumation and deglaciation history of Marie Byrd Land and Ellsworth Land, West Antarctica - First constraints from apatite (U-Th-Sm)/He dating

• Main Authors: Lindow, J., Spiegel, C., Johnson, J., Smith, J. A., Lisker, F., Gohl, Karsten
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Marie Byrd Land; Pine Island; Pine Island Bay; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/23125/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.35904

West Antarctica combines one of the largest active rift systems with one of the largest ice sheets on Earth. Complete melting of the West Antarctic Ice-Sheet (WAIS) would result in a global sea level rise of about 5 m. Understanding ice-sheet dynamics is of major importance for predicting future deg...