Late glacial history of the Ross Sea sector of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet: evidence from englacial layering at Talos Dome, East Antarctica

• Published in: Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics
• Main Authors: Siegert, Martin J, Leysinger Vieli, Gwendolyn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Environmental & Engineering Geophysical Society 2007
• Subjects: Institute of Geography; 910 Geography & travel; Antarctic; Dome The; East Antarctica; Oates Land; Ross Ice Shelf; Ross Sea; Talos Dome; Taylor Dome; Victoria Land; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarctica Journal; Ice Sheet; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/139523/; https://www.zora.uzh.ch/139523; https://doi.org/10.2113/JEEG12.1.63

The timing of West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) expansion and retreat during the last glacial cycle is crucial to evaluating the processes controlling ice sheet fluctuations. There is currently debate as to whether grounded ice across what is now the Ross Ice Shelf decayed during the early Holocene or...