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Title:
Holocene Deglaciation of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica
Authors:
Stone, John O.; Balco, Gregory A.; Sugden, David E.; Caffee, Marc W.; Sass, Louis C.; Cowdery, Seth G.; Siddoway, Christine
Affiliation:
AA(Quaternary Research Center and Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Box 351360, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1360, USA.), AB(Quaternary Research Center and Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Box 351360, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1360, USA.), AC(Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, Drummond Street, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, UK.), AD(Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, L-397 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.), AE(Geology Department, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA.), AF(Geology Department, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA.), AG(Geology Department, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA.)
Publication:
Science, Volume 299, Issue 5603, pp. 99-102 (2003).
Publication Date:
01/2003
Category:
GEOCHEM PHYS
Origin:
SCIENCE
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 2003: Science
DOI:
10.1126/science.1077998
Bibliographic Code:
2003Sci...299...99S

Abstract

Surface exposure ages of glacial deposits in the Ford Ranges of western Marie Byrd Land indicate continuous thinning of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet by more than 700 meters near the coast throughout the past 10,000 years. Deglaciation lagged the disappearance of ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere by thousands of years and may still be under way. These results provide further evidence that parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet are on a long-term trajectory of decline. West Antarctic melting contributed water to the oceans in the late Holocene and may continue to do so in the future.
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