swinging gate or saloon doors? do we need a new model of wais deglaciation? robert p. ackert jr....
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Swinging gate or Saloon Doors?Do we need a new model of WAIS deglaciation?
Robert P. Ackert Jr.
Harvard UniversityWAIS 2008
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Denton and Hughes, 2002
Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum
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Denton and Hughes, 2002
Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum
Characterized by ice streamsSimilar in length to those of present day.
Grounding line retreat by swinging gate hinged east of Roosevelt island.
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Conway et al. 1999; Stuiver et al. 1981
Swinging gate model of deglaciation in the Ross Embayment.
The limited chronologic control from glacial marine sediments, glacial deposits in the Trans-antarctic Mountains and Roosevelt Island.
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Conway et al. 1999; Stuiver et al. 1981
Swinging gate model of deglaciation in the Ross Embayment.
The limited chronologic control from glacial marine sediments, glacial deposits in the Trans-antarctic Mountains and Roosevelt Island.
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Denton and Hughes, 2002
Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum
Siple Dome ~1000 m Reconstructed ice elevation
over Siple Dome is ~1400 m.
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Denton and Hughes, 2002
Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum
Siple Dome ~1000 m Reconstructed ice elevation
over Siple Dome is ~1400 m.
Reconstructed ice elevation over Ohio Range is ~1900 m.
Ohio Range ~1680 m
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Parziek and Alley, 2004
2D Thermomechanical flowline model, with weak linear viscous basal rheology(slippery bed).
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Parziek and Alley, 2004
2D Thermomechanical flowline model, with weak linear viscous basal rheology(slippery bed).
Ohio Range
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Mercer Ice Stream Profile
Ackert et al. 2007; Parziek and Alley, 2004
Thin, low slope profile with ice stream extending across the Ross Embayment
Ohio Range ~ 75 m above present
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Parziek and Alley, 2004
Mercer Ice Stream profile
This is a huge difference!
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Parziek and Alley, 2004
Mercer Ice Stream profile
Implications:
1) Much smaller con-tribution to global sea level rise.
2) Much smaller isostatic rebound.
3) Style of deglaciation.
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Cartoon Reconstruction of Ross Embayment at LGM consistent with existing glacial and geologic data.
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Drewry, 1979
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Drewry, 1979
Drewry, 1979
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Denton and Hughes, 2002
Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum
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Cartoon Reconstruction of Ross Embayment at LGM consistent with existing glacial and geologic data.
Grounding line retreat dominated by calving bay in the Central Ross Sea.
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Cartoon of Deglaciation of the Ross Embayment.
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Cartoon of Deglaciation of the Ross Embayment.
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Cartoon of Deglaciation of the Ross Embayment.
Central Calving Bay propagates past McMurdo Sound.
Rather than a single Swinging Gate, deglaciation may resemble double swinging doors.
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Or more specifically:
Saloon Doors
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Implications:
Rates and spacial distribution of glacial rebound.
Sensitivity of WAIS to sea level vs. climate forcing
Has grounding line retreat continued through the Holocene to the present, or is the present configuration stable (to pre-industrial forcing)?