Marine Sediment Records from the Western Antarctic Peninsula to the Eastern Amundsen Sea: Implications for Sediment Transport and Glacial History

• Main Author: Clark, Rachel Warren
• Other Authors: Wellner, Julia, Sager, William, Beverly, Emily, Totten, Rebecca
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Antarctic geology; Thwaites Glacier; glacial marine; sedimentology; Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Bellingshausen Sea; Pine Island Glacier; The Antarctic; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10657/14461

Glacial retreat of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is a major driver of global sea-level rise. Accelerating ice retreat has created an urgency to understand the forcing mechanisms driving retreat and the expected timelines of continued acceleration, tipping points, and potential collapse. To determine...