The paradox of a long grounding during West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat in Ross Sea

Marine geological data show that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) advanced to the eastern Ross Sea shelf edge during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and eventually retreated ~1000 km to the current grounding-line position on the inner shelf. During the early deglacial, the WAIS deposited a volumin...

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Published in:Scientific Reports
Main Authors: Bart, Philip J., Krogmeier, Benjamin J., Bart, Manon P., Tulaczyk, Slawek
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
Subjects:
Article
Antarctic
Bindschadler Ice Stream
Ross Sea
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5430838/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28455508
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01329-8

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