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Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2213-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-19-2213-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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Articles | Volume 19, issue 6
Research article
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25 Jun 2025
Research article |  | 25 Jun 2025

Satellite data reveal details of glacial isostatic adjustment in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, West Antarctica

Matthias O. Willen, Bert Wouters, Taco Broerse, Eric Buchta, and Veit Helm

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Collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea Embayment is likely in the near future. Vertical uplift of bedrock due to glacial isostatic adjustment stabilizes the ice sheet and may delay its collapse. So far, only spatially and temporally sparse GPS measurements have been able to observe this bedrock motion. We have combined satellite data and quantified a region-wide bedrock motion that independently matches GPS measurements. This can improve ice sheet predictions.
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