Collaborative Research: Late Quaternary History of Reedy Glacier

• Main Author: Hall, Brenda
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@UMaine 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic Glaciology; Climate Change; Climate; Glaciology; Antarctic; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Transantarctic Mountains; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Reedy Glacier; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/orsp_reports/154; https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1162&context=orsp_reports

The stability of the marine West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) remains an important, unresolved problem for predicting future sea level change. Recent studies indicate that the mass balance of the ice sheet today may be negative or positive. The apparent differences may stem in part from short-term flu...