Rapid thinning of Pine Island Glacier in the early Holocene

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Johnson, Joanne S., Bentley, Michael J., Smith, James A., Finkel, R. C., Rood, D. H., Gohl, Karsten, Balco, G., Larter, Robert D., Schaefer, J. M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34813/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/34813/1/Johnson-etal_rapid-thinning-PineIslandGlacier-early-Holocene_Science_2014.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43110; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43110.d001

Pine Island Glacier, a major outlet of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, has been undergoing rapid thinning and retreat for the past two decades. We demonstrate, using glacial-geological and geochronological data, that Pine Island Glacier (PIG) also experienced rapid thinning during the early Holocene,...