An unusual early Holocene diatom event north of the Getz Ice Shelf (Amundsen Sea): Implications for West Antarctic Ice Sheet development

• Main Authors: Esper, Oliver, Gersonde, Rainer, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Kuhn, Gerhard, Smith, James A.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: SCAR 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Getz; Getz Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; North Atlantic Deep Water; North Atlantic; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46238/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/46238/1/PAIS17_Esper_2.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.8d938b25-ed18-41a4-86a8-95e61fde2bb7; https://hdl.handle.net/

Modern global change affects not only the polar north but also, and to increasing extent, the southern high latitudes, especially the Antarctic regions covered by the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS). Consequently, knowledge of the mechanisms controlling past WAIS dynamics and WAIS behaviour at the l...