West Antarctic sites for subglacial drilling to test for past ice-sheet collapse

<p>Mass loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is increasing, and there is concern that an incipient large-scale deglaciation of the marine basins may already be underway. Measurements of cosmogenic nuclides in subglacial bedrock surfaces have the potential to establish whether and...

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Main Authors: P. Spector, J. Stone, D. Pollard, T. Hillebrand, C. Lewis, J. Gombiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2018-08-01
Series:The Cryosphere
Online Access:https://www.the-cryosphere.net/12/2741/2018/tc-12-2741-2018.pdf

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