An age scale for new climate records from Sherman Island, West Antarctica

• Main Authors: Rowell, I, Martin, C, Mulvaney, R, Pryer, H, Tetzner, D, Doyle, E, Talasila, HM, Li, J, Wolff, E
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus GmbH 2023
• Subjects: 37 Earth Sciences; 3709 Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience; 3705 Geology; 13 Climate Action; Abbot Ice Shelf; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Bellingshausen Sea; Sherman Island; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/355654

<jats:p>Abstract. Few ice cores from the Amundsen Sea and Bellingshausen Sea sectors of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) extend back in time further than a few hundred years. The WAIS is believed to be susceptible to collapse as a result of anthropogenic climate change and may have at least...