Flow of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet on the continental margin of the Bellingshausen Sea at the Last Glacial Maximum.

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
• Main Authors: Ó Cofaigh, C., Larter, R. D., Dowdeswell, J. A., Hillenbrand, C. D., Pudsey, C. J., Evans, J., Morris, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: American Geophysical Union 2005
• Subjects: West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Ice streams; Marine geophysics; Ice sheet dynamics; Subglacial bed forms; Last Glacial Maximum; Alexander Island; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Bryan Coast; Ellsworth Land; Eltanin Bay; Island Bay; Palmer Land; Pine Island Bay; Ronne Entrance; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dro.dur.ac.uk/1239/; http://dro.dur.ac.uk/1239/1/1239.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JB003619

Geophysical data show that during the last glaciation the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) drained to the continental shelf edge of the Bellingshausen Sea through a cross-shelf bathymetric trough (Belgica Trough) as a grounded, fast flowing, ice stream. The drainage basin feeding this ice stream prob...