1 Rapid Draw Down of a Portion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet During the Last Deglaciation

• Main Authors: Taylor, Kendrick C., Alley, Richard B., Conway, Howard, Holland, David, Mayewski, Paul Andrew, Severinghaus, Jeffrey P., Shuman, Christopher A.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; climate change; Siple Dome ice core; Ross Ice Shelf; Glaciology; Antarc*; ice core; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/ers_facpub/280; http://efdl.cims.nyu.edu/publications/refereed/jglaciology_siple_08.pdf

Most of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet rests on a bed below sea level, making it the least stable of the world’s three large ice sheets (Overpeck et al., 2006). Analysis of the Siple Dome ice core suggests two episodes during the last deglaciation of large and abrupt decreases in the ice surface ele...