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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-12-2741-2018
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Research article
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24 Aug 2018
Research article |
| 24 Aug 2018
| 24 Aug 2018
West Antarctic sites for subglacial drilling to test for past ice-sheet collapse
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA
Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road,
Berkeley, CA, USA
John Stone
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA
David Pollard
Earth and Environmental Systems Institute,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Trevor Hillebrand
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA
Cameron Lewis
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS),
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
Joel Gombiner
Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington,
Seattle, WA, USA
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Short summary
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.
Cosmogenic-nuclide analyses in bedrock recovered from below the West Antarctic Ice Sheet have...
