CHANGES IN THE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE-SHEET

被引：94

作者：

ALLEY, RB

WHILLANS, IM

机构：

[1] PENN STATE UNIV, DEPT GEOSCI, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[2] OHIO STATE UNIV, BYRD POLAR RES CTR, COLUMBUS, OH 43210 USA

[3] OHIO STATE UNIV, DEPT GEOL SCI, COLUMBUS, OH 43210 USA

来源：

SCIENCE | 1991年 / 254卷 / 5034期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.254.5034.959

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The portion of the West Antarctic ice sheet that flows into the Ross Sea is thinning in some places and thickening in others. These changes are not caused by any current climatic change, but by the combination of a delayed response to the end of the last global glacial cycle and an internal instability. The near-future impact of the ice sheet on global sea level is largely due to processes internal to the movement of the ice sheet, and not so much to the threat of a possible greenhouse warming. Thus the near-term future of the ice sheet is already determined. However, too little of the ice sheet has been surveyed to predict its overall future behavior.

引用

页码：959 / 963

页数：5

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