Switch-off of a major enhanced ice flow unit in East Antarctica

• Published in: Geophysical Research Letters
• Main Authors: Rippin, DM, Siegert, MJ, Bamber, JL, Vaughan, DG, Corr, HFJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Antarctic; Coats Land; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/1983/c31e344b-02f8-43d3-9442-267f0e153397; https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/c31e344b-02f8-43d3-9442-267f0e153397; https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026648; http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2006/2006GL026648.shtml

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) is the largest reservoir of ice on the planet by an order of magnitude. Compared with the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), it is traditionally considered to be relatively stable, with only minor adjustments to its configuration over glacial-interglacial cycles. He...