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04 Sep 2018
Research article |
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Persistent tracers of historic ice flow in glacial stratigraphy near Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctica
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Johnson Hall Rm-070, P.O. Box 351310, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195,
USA
Knut Christianson
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Johnson Hall Rm-070, P.O. Box 351310, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195,
USA
Howard Conway
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Johnson Hall Rm-070, P.O. Box 351310, 4000 15th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98195,
USA
Robert W. Jacobel
Department of Physics, St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue,
Northfield, MN 55057, USA
Brian C. Welch
Department of Physics, St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue,
Northfield, MN 55057, USA
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Cosmogenic-nuclide analyses in bedrock recovered from below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have the potential to establish whether and when large-scale deglaciation occurred in the past. Here we (i) discuss the criteria and considerations for subglacial drill sites, (ii) evaluate candidate sites in West Antarctica, and (iii) describe reconnaissance at three West Antarctic sites, focusing on the Pirrit Hills, which we present as a case study of site selection on the scale of an individual nunatak.
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Short summary
Models of the Antarctic Sheet are tuned using observations of historic ice-sheet behavior, but we have few observations that tell us how inland ice behaved over the last few millennia. A 2 km tall volcano sitting under the ice sheet has left a record in the ice as it flows by, and that feature provides unique insight into the regional ice-flow history. It indicates that observed, rapid changes in West Antarctica flow dynamics have not affected the continental interior over the last 5700 years.
Models of the Antarctic Sheet are tuned using observations of historic ice-sheet behavior, but...
