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

• Main Authors: Stutz, Jamey, Mackintosh, Andrew, Norton, Kevin, Whitmore, Ross, Baroni, Carlo, Jamieson, Stewart S.R., Jones, Richard S., Balco, Greg, Salvatore, Maria Cristina, Casale, Stefano, Lee, Jae Il, Seong, Yeong Bae, McKay, Robert, Vargo, Lauren J., Lowry, Daniel, Spector, Perry, Christl, Marcus, Ivy-Ochs, Susan, Di Nicola, Luigia, Iarossi, Maria, Stuart, Finlay, Woodruff, Tom
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Victoria Land; Transantarctic Mountains; Weddell; Drygalski; Drygalski Ice Tongue; David Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; The Cryosphere
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/520860; https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-b-000520860

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...