Revealing potential past collapses of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - Upcoming drilling in the Amundsen Sea Embayment

• Main Authors: Kuhn, Gerhard, Gohl, Karsten, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Bickert, Thorsten, Schulz, Michael, Larter, Robert D., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Pine Island Glacier; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/35639/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.43579

The West Antarctic Ice-Sheet (WAIS) is likely to have been subject to very dynamic changes during its history as most of its base is grounded below modern sea-level, making it particularly sensitive to climate changes. Its collapse would result in global sea-level rise of 3-5 m. The reconstruction a...