Middle to Late Pleistocene stability of the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet at the head of Law Glacier

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Kaplan, M. R., Licht, Kathy J., Winckler, G., Schaefer, J. M., Bader, Nicole, Mathieson, C., Roberts, M., Kassab, Christine M., Schwartz, R., Graly, Joseph A.
• Other Authors: Earth Sciences, School of Science
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: GSA 2017
• Subjects: East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Law Glacier; cosmogenic dating; Achernar; Antarctic; Mount Achernar; Polar Plateau; Transantarctic Mountains; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1805/17457

Past behavior of outlet glaciers draining the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) remains unresolved prior to Marine Isotope Stage 2 (MIS2). Study of blue ice moraines provides a relatively untapped approach to understand former EAIS activity. We focus on a blue ice moraine near Mount Achernar in the ce...