Documenting past retreats of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – Drilling targets in the Amundsen Sea Embayment

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...

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Main Authors: Gohl, Karsten, Kuhn, Gerhard, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Larter, Robert D., Bickert, Thorsten
Format: Conference Object
Language:unknown
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Amundsen Sea
Antarc*
Antarctic
Ice Sheet
Pine Island Glacier
Online Access:https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/40455/
https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.47498

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