Extreme decay of meteoric beryllium-10 as a proxy for persistent aridity

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Valletta, RD, Willenbring, JK, Lewis, AR, Ashworth, AC, Caffee, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Friis Hills; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/75p2b019

The modern Antarctic Dry Valleys are locked in a hyper-arid, polar climate that enables the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) to remain stable, frozen to underlying bedrock. The duration of these dry, cold conditions is a critical prerequisite when modeling the long-term mass balance of the EAIS durin...