Episodes of Early Pleistocene West Antarctic Ice Sheet Retreat Recorded by Iceberg Alley Sediments

• Published in: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
• Main Authors: Bailey, I., Hemming, S., Reilly, B.T., Rollinson, G., Williams, T., Weber, M.E., Raymo, M.E., Peck, V.L., Ronge, T.A., Brachfeld, S., O'Connell, S., Tauxe, L., Warnock, J.P., Armbrecht, L., Cardillo, F.G., Du, Z., Fauth, G., Garcia, M., Glueder, A., Guitard, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ar‐Ar; IODP; IODP expedition 382; MicroCT; QEMSCAN; SEM; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; deglaciation; ice rafted debris; iceberg alley; ice‐sheet retreat; pirie basin; provenance; scotia sea; southern ocean; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Pacific; Pirie; Scotia Sea; Southern Ocean; Weddell; Weddell Sea; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2440/136055; https://doi.org/10.1029/2022PA004433

Ice loss in the Southern Hemisphere has been greatest over the past 30 years in West Antarctica. The high sensitivity of this region to climate change has motivated geologists to examine marine sedimentary records for evidence of past episodes of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) instability. Sediment...