Late Cenozoic behaviour of two Transantarctic Mountain outlet glaciers

• Main Author: Jones, Richard
• Other Authors: Mackintosh, Andrew, Norton, Kevin, Golledge, Nicholas
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Victoria University of Wellington 2015
• Subjects: Antarctica; Ice sheet; Glaciers; Glaciology; Palaeoclimate; Numerical modelling; Surface exposure dating; Antarctic; Ross Sea; Skelton Glacier; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/8746; http://restrictedarchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/123456789/9031

Earth’s climate is undergoing dramatic warming that is unprecedented in at least the last ~2000 years. Outlets of the Antarctic ice sheet are experiencing dynamic thinning, terminus retreat and mass loss, however, we are currently unable to accurately predict their future response. The drivers and m...