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Reconstructing ice-sheet accumulation rates at ridge B, East Antarctica

Leysinger Vieli, Gwendolyn; Siegert, Martin J; Payne, Antony J (2004). Reconstructing ice-sheet accumulation rates at ridge B, East Antarctica. Annals of Glaciology, 39(1):326-330.

Abstract

Understanding how ice sheets responded to past climate change is fundamental to forecasting how they will respond in the future. Numerical models calculating the evolution of ice sheets depend upon accumulation data, which are principally available from ice cores. Here, we calculate past rates of ice accumulation using internal layering. The englacial structure of the East Antarctic ice divide at ridge B is extracted from airborne ice-penetrating radar. The isochronous surfaces are dated at their intersection with the Vostok ice-core site, where the depth–age relationship is known. The dated isochrons are used as input to a one-dimensional ice-flow model to investigate the spatial accumulation distribution. The calculations show that ice-accumulation rates generally increase from Vostok lake towards ridge B. The western flank of the ice divide experiences markedly more accumulation than in the east. Further, ice accumulation increases northwards along the ice divide. The results also show the variability of accumulation in time and space around the ridge B ice divide over the last 124 000 years.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:07 Faculty of Science > Institute of Geography
Dewey Decimal Classification:910 Geography & travel
Scopus Subject Areas:Physical Sciences > Earth-Surface Processes
Language:English
Date:2004
Deposited On:15 Sep 2017 14:22
Last Modified:17 Oct 2024 01:38
Publisher:International Glaciological Society
ISSN:0260-3055
OA Status:Hybrid
Free access at:Publisher DOI. An embargo period may apply.
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.3189/172756404781814519
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