Mid-Holocene thinning of David Glacier, Antarctica: chronology and controls

• Published in: The Cryosphere
• Main Authors: J. Stutz, A. Mackintosh, K. Norton, R. Whitmore, C. Baroni, S. S. R. Jamieson, R. S. Jones, G. Balco, M. C. Salvatore, S. Casale, J. I. Lee, Y. B. Seong, R. McKay, L. J. Vargo, D. Lowry, P. Spector, M. Christl, S. Ivy Ochs, L. Di Nicola, M. Iarossi, F. Stuart, T. Woodruff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2021
• Subjects: Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Geology; QE1-996.5; Antarctic; David Glacier; Drygalski; Drygalski Ice Tongue; Transantarctic Mountains; Victoria Land; Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5447-2021; https://doaj.org/article/5e25dbbfc8784b6f8c75fde9e169d87a

Quantitative satellite observations only provide an assessment of ice sheet mass loss over the last four decades. To assess long-term drivers of ice sheet change, geological records are needed. Here we present the first millennial-scale reconstruction of David Glacier, the largest East Antarctic out...