A Quaternary history of ice sheet dynamics in the Transantarctic Mountains.

• Main Author: Joy, Kurt Richard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of Canterbury. Department of Geological Sciences / Gateway Antarctica 2013
• Subjects: cosmogenic; Antarctica; Ice sheet; glacial geomorphology; 10Be; 26Al; cold-based; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ross Ice Shelf; Transantarctic Mountains; Britannia; Wellman; Darwin Glacier; Bockheim; Hatherton Glacier; Dubris Valley; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.26021/5789; https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/8726

The Antarctic Ice Sheets responded significantly to climatic conditions during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and the subsequent warming that followed. Therefore, an understanding of how Antarctica reacted to past climates is necessary to predict the response of its ice sheets to current and future...