Divergent flow of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on the outer contintental shelf of the Amundsen Sea during the late Quaternary

• Main Authors: Deen, Tara J., Larter, Robert D., Gohl, K., Graham, Alastair G.C., Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Kuhn, G., Smith, James A.
• Other Authors: Cooper, A.K., Raymond, C.R.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: National Academy Press 2007
• Subjects: Marine Sciences; Glaciology; Antarctic; Amundsen Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Pine Island Glacier; Abbot Ice Shelf; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/13729/; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1047/ea/of2007-1047ea213.pdf

Summary Understanding the past glacial history of regions undergoing potential rapid deglaciation is essential in order to estimate the possible threat of sea level rise. Recently acquired data have given new images of mega-scale glacial lineations on the sea floor of the Amundsen Sea, which provide...