Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG
Observations of rapid ongoing grounding line retreat, ice shelf thinning and accelerated ice flow from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) may forebode a possible collapse if global temperatures continue to increase. Understanding and reconstructing West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics in past warmer-t...
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ftunivfreestate:oai:figshare.com:article/21761711 2023-05-15T13:23:41+02:00 Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG Johanna Gille-Petzoldt (14287298) Karsten Gohl (4276456) Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben (14287301) Jens Grützner (2967843) Johann P. Klages (4276462) IODP Expedition 379 Scientists (14287304) 2022-12-21T04:12:23Z https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.976703.s003 unknown https://figshare.com/articles/figure/Image3_West_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet_Dynamics_in_the_Amundsen_Sea_Sector_since_the_Late_Miocene_Tying_IODP_Expedition_379_Results_to_Seismic_Data_JPEG/21761711 doi:10.3389/feart.2022.976703.s003 CC BY 4.0 CC-BY Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Amundsen Sea Pliocene core-log seismic integration IODP Expedition 379 West Antarctic Ice Sheet sediment drift Image Figure 2022 ftunivfreestate https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.976703.s003 2022-12-23T00:23:50Z Observations of rapid ongoing grounding line retreat, ice shelf thinning and accelerated ice flow from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) may forebode a possible collapse if global temperatures continue to increase. Understanding and reconstructing West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics in past warmer-than-present times will inform about its behavior as an analogue for future climate scenarios. International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 379 visited the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica to obtain geological records suitable for this purpose. During the expedition, cores from two drill sites at the Resolution Drift on the continental rise returned sediments whose deposition was possibly influenced by West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics from late Miocene to Holocene times. To examine the West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics, shipboard physical properties and sedimentological data are correlated with seismic data and extrapolated across the Resolution Drift via core-log-seismic integration. An interval with strongly variable physical properties, high diatom abundance and ice-rafted debris occurrence, correlating with partially high amplitude seismic reflection characteristics was identified between 4.2 and 3.2 Ma. Sedimentation during this interval is interpreted as having occurred during an extended warm period with a dynamic West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea sector. These records compare to those of other drill sites in the Ross Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea, and thus suggest an almost simultaneous occurrence of extended warm periods in all three locations. Still Image Amundsen Sea Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Bellingshausen Sea Ice Sheet Ice Shelf Ross Sea KovsieScholar Repository (University of the Free State - UFS UV) Amundsen Sea Antarctic Bellingshausen Sea Ross Sea West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Amundsen Sea Pliocene core-log seismic integration IODP Expedition 379 West Antarctic Ice Sheet sediment drift Johanna Gille-Petzoldt (14287298) Karsten Gohl (4276456) Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben (14287301) Jens Grützner (2967843) Johann P. Klages (4276462) IODP Expedition 379 Scientists (14287304) Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG |
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Solid Earth Sciences Climate Science Atmospheric Sciences not elsewhere classified Exploration Geochemistry Inorganic Geochemistry Isotope Geochemistry Organic Geochemistry Geochemistry not elsewhere classified Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Ore Deposit Petrology Palaeontology (incl. Palynology) Structural Geology Tectonics Volcanology Geology not elsewhere classified Seismology and Seismic Exploration Glaciology Hydrogeology Natural Hazards Quaternary Environments Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change Amundsen Sea Pliocene core-log seismic integration IODP Expedition 379 West Antarctic Ice Sheet sediment drift |
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Observations of rapid ongoing grounding line retreat, ice shelf thinning and accelerated ice flow from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) may forebode a possible collapse if global temperatures continue to increase. Understanding and reconstructing West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics in past warmer-than-present times will inform about its behavior as an analogue for future climate scenarios. International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 379 visited the Amundsen Sea sector of Antarctica to obtain geological records suitable for this purpose. During the expedition, cores from two drill sites at the Resolution Drift on the continental rise returned sediments whose deposition was possibly influenced by West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics from late Miocene to Holocene times. To examine the West Antarctic Ice Sheet dynamics, shipboard physical properties and sedimentological data are correlated with seismic data and extrapolated across the Resolution Drift via core-log-seismic integration. An interval with strongly variable physical properties, high diatom abundance and ice-rafted debris occurrence, correlating with partially high amplitude seismic reflection characteristics was identified between 4.2 and 3.2 Ma. Sedimentation during this interval is interpreted as having occurred during an extended warm period with a dynamic West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea sector. These records compare to those of other drill sites in the Ross Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea, and thus suggest an almost simultaneous occurrence of extended warm periods in all three locations. |
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Johanna Gille-Petzoldt (14287298) Karsten Gohl (4276456) Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben (14287301) Jens Grützner (2967843) Johann P. Klages (4276462) IODP Expedition 379 Scientists (14287304) |
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Johanna Gille-Petzoldt (14287298) Karsten Gohl (4276456) Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben (14287301) Jens Grützner (2967843) Johann P. Klages (4276462) IODP Expedition 379 Scientists (14287304) |
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Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG |
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Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG |
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Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG |
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Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG |
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Image3_West Antarctic Ice Sheet Dynamics in the Amundsen Sea Sector since the Late Miocene—Tying IODP Expedition 379 Results to Seismic Data.JPEG |
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