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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5447-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-15-5447-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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07 Dec 2021
Research article |
| 07 Dec 2021
| 07 Dec 2021
Mid-Holocene thinning of David Glacier, Antarctica: chronology and controls
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
Andrew Mackintosh
Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Kevin Norton
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
Ross Whitmore
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Carlo Baroni
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria, 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Stewart S. R. Jamieson
Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Richard S. Jones
Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Greg Balco
Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Maria Cristina Salvatore
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria, 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Stefano Casale
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria, 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Jae Il Lee
Korean Polar Research Institute, 26 Songdomirae-ro, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 21990, Korea
Yeong Bae Seong
Department of Geography, Korea University, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, Korea
Robert McKay
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
Lauren J. Vargo
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
Daniel Lowry
Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand
GNS Science, 1 Fairway Dr. Avalon, 5010, New Zealand
Perry Spector
Berkeley Geochronology Center, 2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
Marcus Christl
Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Susan Ivy Ochs
Department of Physics, ETH Zürich, Otto-Stern-Weg 5, 8093 Zurich, Switzerland
Luigia Di Nicola
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park/Rankine Av, Glasgow G75 0QF, United Kingdom
Maria Iarossi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Pisa, Via Santa Maria, 53, 56126 Pisa, Italy
Finlay Stuart
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, Scottish Enterprise Technology Park/Rankine Av, Glasgow G75 0QF, United Kingdom
Tom Woodruff
PRIME Lab, Purdue University, 525 Northwestern Avenue, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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Short summary
Understanding the long-term behaviour of ice sheets is essential to projecting future changes due to climate change. In this study, we use rocks deposited along the margin of the David Glacier, one of the largest glacier systems in the world, to reveal a rapid thinning event initiated over 7000 years ago and endured for ~ 2000 years. Using physical models, we show that subglacial topography and ocean heat are important drivers for change along this sector of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Understanding the long-term behaviour of ice sheets is essential to projecting future changes...
