The impact of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness on glacial isostatic adjustment in West Antarctica

Nield, G.A.; Whitehouse, P.L.; van der Wal, W.; Blank, B.; O'Donnell, J.P.; Stuart, G.W.

doi:10.1093/gji/ggy158

All Outputs (9)

Post Last Glacial Maximum Processes in the Polar Regions (2018)
Book Chapter

Balancing the last glacial maximum (LGM) sea-level budget (2018)
Journal Article

Estimates of post-Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) sea-level rise are not balanced by the estimated amount of ice melted since the LGM. We quantify this “missing ice” by reviewing the possible contributions from each of the major ice sheets. This “missing... Read More about Balancing the last glacial maximum (LGM) sea-level budget.

Late Holocene relative sea levels near Palmer Station, northern Antarctic Peninsula, strongly controlled by late Holocene ice-mass changes (2018)
Journal Article

Many studies of Holocene relative sea-level (RSL) changes across Antarctica assume that their reconstructions record uplift from glacial isostatic adjustment caused by the demise of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) ice sheets. However, recent analysis... Read More about Late Holocene relative sea levels near Palmer Station, northern Antarctic Peninsula, strongly controlled by late Holocene ice-mass changes.

Lack of evidence for a substantial sea-level fluctuation within the Last Interglacial (2018)
Journal Article

During the Last Interglacial, global mean sea level reached approximately 6 to 9 m above the present level. This period of high sea level may have been punctuated by a fall of more than 4 m, but a cause for such a widespread sea-level fall has been e... Read More about Lack of evidence for a substantial sea-level fluctuation within the Last Interglacial.

Ancient ice sheet had a growth spurt (2018)
Journal Article

Extensive retreat and re-advance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Holocene (2018)
Journal Article

To predict the future contributions of the Antarctic ice sheets to sea-level rise, numerical models use reconstructions of past ice-sheet retreat after the Last Glacial Maximum to tune model parameters1. Reconstructions of the West Antarctic Ice Shee... Read More about Extensive retreat and re-advance of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet during the Holocene.

Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet from 1992 to 2017 (2018)
Journal Article

The Antarctic Ice Sheet is an important indicator of climate change and driver of sea-level rise. Here we combine satellite observations of its changing volume, flow and gravitational attraction with modelling of its surface mass balance to show that... Read More about Mass balance of the Antarctic ice sheet from 1992 to 2017.

Glacial Isostatic Adjustment modelling: historical perspectives, recent advances, and future directions (2018)
Journal Article

Glacial isostatic adjustment (GIA) describes the response of the solid Earth, the gravitational field, and the oceans to the growth and decay of the global ice sheets. A commonly studied component of GIA is postglacial rebound, which specifically rel... Read More about Glacial Isostatic Adjustment modelling: historical perspectives, recent advances, and future directions.

The impact of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness on glacial isostatic adjustment in West Antarctica (2018)
Journal Article

Differences in predictions of Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) for Antarctica persist due to uncertainties in deglacial history and Earth rheology. The Earth models adopted in many GIA studies are defined by parameters that vary in the radial direc... Read More about The impact of lateral variations in lithospheric thickness on glacial isostatic adjustment in West Antarctica.