First exposure ages from the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica: the Late Quaternary context for recent thinning of Pine Island, Smith and Pope Glaciers
Dramatic changes (acceleration, thinning, and grounding-line retreat of major ice streams) in the Amundsen Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) have been observed during the past two decades, but the millennial-scale context for these changes is not yet known. We present the first surfa...
| Published in: | Geology |
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| Main Authors: | , , |
| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Geological Society of America
2008
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| Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11532/ |