Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet
The precise contribution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) melt to global sea-level rise remains enigmatic. Here, the authors generate an ice sheet thinning history for the Weddell Sea embayment and propose that this sector of the WAIS contributed to mid-Holocene, rather than late-glacial sea-l...
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| author | Andrew S. Hein Shasta M. Marrero John Woodward Stuart A. Dunning Kate Winter Matthew J. Westoby Stewart P. H. T. Freeman Richard P. Shanks David E. Sugden |
| author_facet | Andrew S. Hein Shasta M. Marrero John Woodward Stuart A. Dunning Kate Winter Matthew J. Westoby Stewart P. H. T. Freeman Richard P. Shanks David E. Sugden |
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| description | The precise contribution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) melt to global sea-level rise remains enigmatic. Here, the authors generate an ice sheet thinning history for the Weddell Sea embayment and propose that this sector of the WAIS contributed to mid-Holocene, rather than late-glacial sea-level rise. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fd556b5b9d7046b5803dd118d41968632022-12-21T23:38:34ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-08-01711810.1038/ncomms12511Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheetAndrew S. Hein0Shasta M. Marrero1John Woodward2Stuart A. Dunning3Kate Winter4Matthew J. Westoby5Stewart P. H. T. Freeman6Richard P. Shanks7David E. Sugden8School of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghSchool of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghDepartment of Geography, Northumbria UniversityDepartment of Geography, Northumbria UniversityDepartment of Geography, Northumbria UniversityDepartment of Geography, Northumbria UniversityScottish Universities Environmental Research CentreScottish Universities Environmental Research CentreSchool of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghThe precise contribution of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) melt to global sea-level rise remains enigmatic. Here, the authors generate an ice sheet thinning history for the Weddell Sea embayment and propose that this sector of the WAIS contributed to mid-Holocene, rather than late-glacial sea-level rise.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12511 |
| spellingShingle | Andrew S. Hein Shasta M. Marrero John Woodward Stuart A. Dunning Kate Winter Matthew J. Westoby Stewart P. H. T. Freeman Richard P. Shanks David E. Sugden Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet Nature Communications |
| title | Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet |
| title_full | Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet |
| title_fullStr | Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet |
| title_short | Mid-Holocene pulse of thinning in the Weddell Sea sector of the West Antarctic ice sheet |
| title_sort | mid holocene pulse of thinning in the weddell sea sector of the west antarctic ice sheet |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12511 |
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