Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse

Some of the questions to be addressed by SeaRISE include: (1) what was the configuration of the West Antarctic ice sheet during the last glacial maximum; (2) What is its configuration during a glacial minimum; and (3) has it, or any marine ice sheet, undergone episodic rapid mass wasting. These ques...

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Main Author: Anderson, John B.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1991
Subjects:
OCEANOGRAPHY
Antarctic
Ross Sea
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19910017264
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19910017264 2023-05-15T13:42:52+02:00 Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse Anderson, John B. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available May 1, 1991 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19910017264 unknown Document ID: 19910017264 Accession ID: 91N26578 http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19910017264 No Copyright CASI OCEANOGRAPHY NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center, West Antarctic Ice Sheet Initiative. Volume 2: Discipline Reviews; p 87-110 1991 ftnasantrs 2015-03-15T05:16:45Z Some of the questions to be addressed by SeaRISE include: (1) what was the configuration of the West Antarctic ice sheet during the last glacial maximum; (2) What is its configuration during a glacial minimum; and (3) has it, or any marine ice sheet, undergone episodic rapid mass wasting. These questions are addressed in terms of what is known about the history of the marine ice sheet, specifically in Ross Sea, and what further studies are required to resolve these problems. A second question concerns the extent to which disintegration of marine ice sheets may result in rises in sea level that are episodic in nature and extremely rapid, as suggested by several glaciologists. Evidence that rapid, episodic sea level changes have occurred during the Holocene is also reviewed. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Ross Sea NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Antarctic Ross Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse
topic_facet OCEANOGRAPHY
description Some of the questions to be addressed by SeaRISE include: (1) what was the configuration of the West Antarctic ice sheet during the last glacial maximum; (2) What is its configuration during a glacial minimum; and (3) has it, or any marine ice sheet, undergone episodic rapid mass wasting. These questions are addressed in terms of what is known about the history of the marine ice sheet, specifically in Ross Sea, and what further studies are required to resolve these problems. A second question concerns the extent to which disintegration of marine ice sheets may result in rises in sea level that are episodic in nature and extremely rapid, as suggested by several glaciologists. Evidence that rapid, episodic sea level changes have occurred during the Holocene is also reviewed.
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author Anderson, John B.
author_facet Anderson, John B.
author_sort Anderson, John B.
title Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse
title_short Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse
title_full Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse
title_fullStr Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse
title_full_unstemmed Marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the Ross Sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse
title_sort marine record of late quaternary glacial-interglacial fluctuations in the ross sea and evidence for rapid, episodic sea level change due to marine ice sheet collapse
publishDate 1991
url http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19910017264
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Ross Sea
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Ross Sea
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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Antarctic
Ice Sheet
Ross Sea
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Antarctic
Ice Sheet
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http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19910017264
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