Deglaciation of pope glacier implies widespread early holocene ice sheet thinning in the Amundsen sea sector of Antarctica

• Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
• Main Authors: Johnson, JS, Roberts, SJ, Rood, DH, Pollard, D, Schaefer, JM, Whitehouse, PL, Ireland, LC, Lamp, JL, Goehring, BM, Rand, C, Smith, JA
• Other Authors: Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2020
• Subjects: Geochemistry & Geophysics; 02 Physical Sciences; 04 Earth Sciences; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Mount Murphy; Pope Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/82065; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116501

The Amundsen Sea sector of the Antarctic ice sheet presently dominates the contribution from Antarctica to sea level rise. Several large ice streams that currently drain the sector have experienced rapid flow acceleration, grounding line retreat and thinning during the past few decades. However, lit...