Formation and Age of Raised Marine Beaches, Northern Scott Coast, Antarctica

• Main Author: Gardner, Nathan
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2002
• Subjects: Beaches Antarctic Ocean; Beaches Antarctic; Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Sedimentology; Antarctic; Antarctic Ocean; Cape Ross; Inexpressible Island; Ross Sea; Scott Coast; Spike Cape; The Beaches; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/599; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/context/etd/article/1624/viewcontent/GardnerN2002.pdf

The stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is a key problem because of its potential effect on global sea level and climate. Some geologic evidence suggests that the ice sheet has collapsed in the past, which, if correct, implies that future disintegration is possible. Isolation of the mec...