Late Neogene ice drainage changes in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica and the interaction of Antarctic ice sheet evolution and climate

• Main Authors: O'Brien, P. E., Goodwin, I. D., Forsberg, C. F., Cooper, A. K., Whitehead, J.
• Other Authors: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Engineering
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2007
• Subjects: East Antarctica; extreme ice advances; pliocene; pleistocene; trough mouth fan; precipitation; amery ice shelf; Amery; Amery Ice Shelf; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Lambert Glacier; Princess Elizabeth Land; Prydz Bay; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/33912

During the late Neogene, the Lambert Glacier–Amery Ice Shelf drainage system flowed across Prydz Bay and showed several changes in flow pattern. In the Early Pliocene, the Lambert Glacier ice stream reached the shelf edge and built a trough mouth fan on the upper continental slope. This was associat...