Repeated large-scale retreat and advance of Totten Glacier indicated by inland bed erosion

Climate variations cause ice sheets to retreat and advance, raising or lowering sea level by metres to decametres. The basic relationship is unambiguous, but the timing, magnitude and sources of sea-level change remain unclear; in particular, the contribution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) i...

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Published in:Nature
Main Authors: Aitken, ARA, Roberts, JL, van Ommen, TD, Young, DA, Golledge, NR, Greenbaum, JS, Blankenship, DD, Siegert, MJ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Subjects:
Earth Sciences
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Glaciology
Antarctic
East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Totten Glacier
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/nature17447
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27193684
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/109343

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