Abstract
Sea-level rise is found to cause a wave of thinning to propagate upglacier, and this wave is slowed, diffused, and damped. At the ice divide at dome C in central East Antarctica, post-Wisconsinan sea-level rise is modeled as having caused 110 m thinning, with response now 70% complete. If accumulation rates increased by 10% at the same time, then calculated net thinning has been only 75 m. Ice-sheet response to changes in sea level and accumulation rate is relatively rapid; response to temperature changes is an order of magnitude slower. -from Authors
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 6487-6493 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research |
| Volume | 89 |
| Issue number | C4 |
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| State | Published - 1984 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Materials Chemistry
- Polymers and Plastics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry