Multiple episodes of ice loss from the Wilkes Subglacial Basin during the Last Interglacial

• Published in: Nature Communications
• Main Authors: Iizuka, M, Seki, O, Wilson, DJ, Suganuma, Y, Horikawa, K, Van de Flierdt, T, Ikehara, M, Itaki, T, Irino, T, Yamamoto, M, Hirabayashi, M, Matsuzaki, H, Sugisaki, S
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Portfolio 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Wilkes Land; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/103508; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37325-y

The Last Interglacial (LIG: 130,000-115,000 years ago) was a period of warmer global mean temperatures and higher and more variable sea levels than the Holocene (11,700-0 years ago). Therefore, a better understanding of Antarctic ice-sheet dynamics during this interval would provide valuable insight...