Characterising the deglacial history of the East Antarctic ice sheet in central Wilkes Land using marine sediment cores

• Main Author: Tooze, SC
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: East Antarctic Ice Sheet; marine sediment; Wilkes Land; Southern Ocean; sediment provenance; paleoceanography; paleoclimate; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Totten Glacier; Sabrina Coast; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/47561/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/47561/1/Tooze_whole_thesis.pdf

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) retains the largest volume of ice on the planet and has the capacity to raise global sea level by a substantial 52 m. Marine-based sectors of the EAIS are particularly susceptible to retreat and collapse and are currently losing mass at an unprecedented rate. Mask...