Advance, retreat, and possible collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet as recorded in the Amundsen Sea Embayment: A new IODP proposal

• Main Authors: Wellner, J. S., Gohl, Karsten, Anderson, J. B., Bickert, T., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Konfirst, M., Kuhn, Gerhard, Salzmann, U., Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Arctic; Byrd; Island Bay; Marie Byrd Land; Pine Island Bay; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34424/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.42670

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), which is grounded below present-day sea level and, thus, is highly sensitive to climatic changes, is likely to have had a very dynamic history over the last several million years. WAIS collapse would result in a global sealevel rise of 3-5 m over present levels y...