Potential of the solid-Earth response for limiting long-term West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

• Main Authors: Konrad, H., Sasgen, I., Pollard, D., Klemann, V.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Greenland; Gomez; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_1503921

The West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is assumed to be inherently unstable because it is grounded below sea level in a large part, where the bedrock deepens from today’s grounding line towards the interior of the ice sheet. Idealized simulations have shown that bedrock uplift due to isostatic adjustme...