Controls on interior West Antarctic Ice Sheet Elevations: inferences from geologic constraints and ice sheet modeling

• Main Authors: Ackert Jr., Robert P., Putnam, Aaron Ervin, Mukhopadhyay, Sujoy, Pollard, David, DeConto, Robert M., Kurz, Mark D., Borns Jr., Harold W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Climatic changes; Geology; Geophysics; Antarctic; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Mercer; Mercer Ridge; Ohio Range; Transantarctic Mountains; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7916/D8CG010P

Knowledge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) response to past sea level and climate forcing is necessary to predict its response to warmer temperatures in the future. The timing and extent of past interior WAIS elevation changes provides insight to WAIS behavior and constraints for ice sheet mod...