Uplift rates from a new high-density GPS network in Palmer Land indicate significant late Holocene ice loss in the southwestern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Geophysical Journal International
• Main Authors: Wolstencroft, M, King, MA, Whitehouse, PL, Bentley, MJ, Nield, GA, King, EC, McMillan, M, Shepherd, A, Barletta, V, Bordoni, A, Riva, REM, Didova, O, Gunter, BC
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press 2015
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Weddell; Palmer Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/90944/; https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/90944/1/Wolstencroft_GJI_AP-GPS-uplift_2015.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv327

The measurement of ongoing ice-mass loss and associated melt water contribution to sea-level change from regions such as West Antarctica is dependent on a combination of remote sensing methods. A key method, the measurement of changes in Earth's gravity via the GRACE satellite mission, requires...