West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat driven by Holocene warm water incursions

• Main Authors: C. D. Hillenbrand, J. A. Smith, D. A. Hodell, M Greaves, C. R. Poole, S Kender, Mark Williams, P. E. Jernas, H Elderfield, J. P. Klages, S. J. Roberts, K Gohl, R. D. Larter, G Kuhn
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Uncategorized; IR content; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Buttress; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/West_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet_retreat_driven_by_Holocene_warm_water_incursions/10216049

Glaciological and oceanographic observations coupled with numerical models show that warm Circumpolar Deep Water (CDW) incursions onto the West Antarctic continental shelf cause melting of the undersides of floating ice shelves. Because these ice shelves buttress glaciers feeding into them, their oc...