Holocene Deglaciation of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica

Surface exposure ages of glacial deposits in the Ford Ranges of western Marie Byrd Land indicate continuous thinning of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet by more than 700 meters near the coast throughout the past 10,000 years. Deglaciation lagged the disappearance of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere...

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Published in:Science
Main Authors: Stone, John O, Balco, Gregory A, Sugden, David, Caffee, Marc W, Sass III, Louis C, Cowdery, Seth G, Siddoway, Christine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1842/461
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/299/5603/99