Ice cores and SeaRISE: What we do (and don't) know

Ice core analyses are needed in SeaRISE to learn what the West Antarctic ice sheet and other marine ice sheets were like in the past, what climate changes led to their present states, and how they behave. The major results of interest to SeaRISE from previous ice core analyses in West Antarctic are...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alley, Richard B.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1991
Subjects:
OCEANOGRAPHY
Antarctic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
ice core
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19910017265
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Summary:Ice core analyses are needed in SeaRISE to learn what the West Antarctic ice sheet and other marine ice sheets were like in the past, what climate changes led to their present states, and how they behave. The major results of interest to SeaRISE from previous ice core analyses in West Antarctic are that the end of the last ice age caused temperature and accumulation rate increases in inland regions, leading to ice sheet thickening followed by thinning to the present.

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