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...
Published in: | Science |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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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 |