Modern foraminifera assemblages in the Amundsen Sea Embayment

• Main Authors: Jernas, Patrycja Ewa, Kuhn, Gerhard, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Rasmussen, Tine Lander, Forwick, Matthias, Mackensen, Andreas, Schröder, Michael, Smith, James A., Klages, Johann Philipp
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: European Geoscience Union 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Neogloboquadrina pachyderma; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37926/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/37926/1/Jernas_etal_EGU2015-12040-1.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.45495; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.45495.d001

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is considered the most unstable part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. As the WAIS is mostly grounded below sea level, its stability is of great concern. A collapse of large parts of the WAIS would result in a significant global sea-level rise. At present, the WAIS show...