A paleo-perspective on West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Bart, Philip J., Kratochvil, Matthew
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; Bindschadler Ice Stream; Pacific; Ross Sea; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf; Iceberg*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9586952/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36271134; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-22450-3

Geological records of ice sheet collapse can provide perspective on the ongoing retreat of grounded and floating ice. An abrupt retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) that occurred during the early deglaciation is well recorded on the eastern Ross Sea continental shelf. There, an ice shelf b...