Glacial-isostatic adjustment and sea-level change near Berkner Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Sasgen, I., Mulvaney, R., Klemann, V., Wolf, D.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ 2007
• Subjects: Ronne Ice Shelf; Berkner Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://gfzpublic.gfz-potsdam.de/pubman/item/item_8734

The objective of this study is to calculate the RSL height at the location of the Berkner Island ice core during the last glacial cycle using a viscoelastic earth model and several glacial histories. Earlier glacial cycles are not considered, the basic assumption being that the sediments were deposi...