Evidence of marine ice-cliff instability in Pine Island Bay from iceberg-keel plough marks

Matthew G. Wise (), Julian A. Dowdeswell (), Martin Jakobsson and Robert D. Larter
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Matthew G. Wise: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Julian A. Dowdeswell: Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Martin Jakobsson: Stockholm University
Robert D. Larter: British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, High Cross

Nature, 2017, vol. 550, issue 7677, 506-510

Abstract: Plough marks in Pine Island Bay, West Antarctica, left by the keels of drifting icebergs 12,000 years ago provide evidence that marine ice-cliff instability can drive rapid ice-sheet retreat.

Date: 2017
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