Holocene Ice-Flow Speedup in the Vicinity of the South Pole
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Holocene Ice-Flow Speedup in the Vicinity of the South Pole. / Lilien, David A.; Fudge, T. J.; Koutnik, Michelle R.; Conway, Howard; Osterberg, Erich C.; Ferris, David G.; Waddington, Edwin D.; Stevens, C. Max.
I: Geophysical Research Letters, Bind 45, Nr. 13, 16.07.2018, s. 6557-6565.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Holocene Ice-Flow Speedup in the Vicinity of the South Pole
AU - Lilien, David A.
AU - Fudge, T. J.
AU - Koutnik, Michelle R.
AU - Conway, Howard
AU - Osterberg, Erich C.
AU - Ferris, David G.
AU - Waddington, Edwin D.
AU - Stevens, C. Max
PY - 2018/7/16
Y1 - 2018/7/16
N2 - The South Pole Ice Core (SPICEcore) was drilled at least 180 km from an ice-flow divide. Thus, the annual-equivalent layer thicknesses in the core are affected by spatial variations in accumulation upstream in addition to temporal variations in regional accumulation. We use a new method to compare the SPICEcore accumulation record, derived by correcting measured layer thicknesses for thinning, with an accumulation record derived from new GPS and radar measurements upstream. When ice speeds are modeled as increasing by 15% since 10 ka, the upstream accumulation explains 77% of the variance in the SPICEcore-derived accumulation (versus 22% without speedup). This result demonstrates that the ice-flow direction and spatial pattern of accumulation were stable throughout the Holocene. The 15% speedup in turn suggests a slight (3–4%) steepening or thickening of the ice-sheet interior and provides a new constraint on the evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet following the glacial termination.
AB - The South Pole Ice Core (SPICEcore) was drilled at least 180 km from an ice-flow divide. Thus, the annual-equivalent layer thicknesses in the core are affected by spatial variations in accumulation upstream in addition to temporal variations in regional accumulation. We use a new method to compare the SPICEcore accumulation record, derived by correcting measured layer thicknesses for thinning, with an accumulation record derived from new GPS and radar measurements upstream. When ice speeds are modeled as increasing by 15% since 10 ka, the upstream accumulation explains 77% of the variance in the SPICEcore-derived accumulation (versus 22% without speedup). This result demonstrates that the ice-flow direction and spatial pattern of accumulation were stable throughout the Holocene. The 15% speedup in turn suggests a slight (3–4%) steepening or thickening of the ice-sheet interior and provides a new constraint on the evolution of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet following the glacial termination.
KW - EAIS
KW - ice core
KW - ice-penetrating radar
KW - South Pole
KW - SPICEcore
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85050512548&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1029/2018GL078253
DO - 10.1029/2018GL078253
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85050512548
VL - 45
SP - 6557
EP - 6565
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JF - Geophysical Research Letters
SN - 0094-8276
IS - 13
ER -
ID: 229316017