Geologic controls on ice sheet sensitivity to deglacial climate forcing in the Ross Embayment, Antarctica

• Published in: Quaternary Science Advances
• Main Authors: Daniel P. Lowry, Nicholas R. Golledge, Nancy A.N. Bertler, R. Selwyn Jones, Robert McKay, Jamey Stutz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Quaternary; Deglaciation; Antarctica; Ice sheet modeling; Geomorphology; Glacial; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation; G; Archaeology; CC1-960; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Siple; Siple Coast; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qsa.2020.100002; https://doaj.org/article/9903c895bf73418fa82c4d2955ff0a38

The role of external forcings in the deglacial ice sheet evolution of the Ross Embayment, Antarctica's largest catchment, continues to be a highly contested topic. Although numerical ice sheet models indicate that ocean and atmosphere forcings were the main drivers of deglacial ice sheet retrea...