Late Quaternary history of Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica

• Main Author: Dengler, Elizabeth
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2013
• Subjects: Last Glacial Maximum; Catastrophic ice-sheet collapse; Sea-level rise; Ross Sea Embayment; Transantarctic Mountains; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Climate; Glaciology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Ross Sea; Shackleton; Shackleton Glacier; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/1918; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2946&context=etd

The extent and volume of the Antarctic ice sheet at the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), as well as the timing of subsequent deglaciation, remains poorly known. However, this information is important for understanding the dynamics of the ice sheet and therefore the potential for catastrophic ice-sheet co...