Geological record of ice shelf break-up and grounding line retreat, Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica

• Published in: Geology
• Main Authors: Jakobsson, M., Anderson, J. B., Nitsche, F.O, Dowdeswell, J. A, Gyllencreutz, R., Kirchner, N., Mohammad, R, O'Regan, Matthew, Alley, R B., Anandakrishnan, S., Eriksson, B., Kirshner, A., Fernandez, R., Stolldorf, T., Minzoni, R., Majewski, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Geological Society of America 2011
• Subjects: QE Geology; Antarctic; Island Bay; Pine Island Bay; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; Ice Shelves; Iceberg*; Pine Island
• Online Access: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/7545/; https://doi.org/10.1130/G32153.1

The catastrophic break-ups of the floating Larsen A and B ice shelves (Antarctica) in 1995 and 2002 and associated acceleration of glaciers that flowed into these ice shelves were among the most dramatic glaciological events observed in historical time. This raises a question about the larger West A...