Measurements of past ice sheet elevations in interior West Antarctica

Science

Volumn 286, Issue 5438, 1999, Pages 276-280

  Ackert Jr , Robert P ^g   Barclay, David J ^b   Borns Jr , Harold W ^c   Calkin, Parker E ^e   Kurz, Mark D ^a   Fastook, James L ^d   Steig, Eric J ^f  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Institute for Quaternary Studies   (United States)

^d University of Maine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; HELIUM; ICE;

HOLOCENE; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0345425809     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5438.276     Document Type: Article

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48. This research was supported by NSF grants OPP 93-18872 (H.W.B. and P.E.C), OPP 94-18333, and EAR 96-14561 (M.D.K.). The authors thank S. Murphy for assistance in sample preparation, D. Lott and J. Curtice for maintaining the mass spectrometer, and L. Woodward for drafting figures. N. Dunbar provided samples, differential GPS elevations, and valuable discussion. G. Wiles, C. Dorion, and T. Redfield assisted in the fieldwork. This is Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution contribution 10026.