Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment ...

• Main Authors: Grieman, Mackenzie, Nehrbass-Ahles, Christoph, Hoffmann, Helene, Bauska, Thomas, King, Amy, Mulvaney, Robert, Rhodes, Rachael, Rowell, Isobel, Thomas, Elizabeth, Wolff, Eric
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Research 2024
• Subjects: 37 Earth Sciences; 3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 3705 Geology; 13 Climate Action; Antarctic; Ronne Ice Shelf; Skytrain Ice Rise; Weddell; Weddell Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.105369; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/363154

The extent of grounded ice and buttressing by the Ronne Ice Shelf, which provides resistance to the outflow of ice streams, moderate West Antarctic Ice Sheet stability. During the Last Glacial Maximum, the ice sheet advanced and was grounded near the Weddell Sea continental shelf break. The timing o...