Swinging gate or Saloon Doors? Do we need a new model of WAIS deglaciation? Robert P. Ackert Jr. Harvard University WAIS 2008.

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Swinging gate or Saloon Doors? Do we need a new model of WAIS deglaciation? Robert P. Ackert Jr. Harvard University WAIS 2008

Denton and Hughes, 2002 Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum

Denton and Hughes, 2002 Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum Characterized by ice streams Similar in length to those of present day. Grounding line retreat by swinging gate hinged east of Roosevelt island.

Conway et al. 1999; Stuiver et al 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.

Conway et al. 1999; Stuiver et al 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.

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.

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

Parziek and Alley, D Thermomechanical flowline model, with weak linear viscous basal rheology (slippery bed).

Parziek and Alley, D Thermomechanical flowline model, with weak linear viscous basal rheology (slippery bed). Ohio Range

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

Parziek and Alley, 2004 Mercer Ice Stream profile This is a huge difference !

Parziek and Alley, 2004 Mercer Ice Stream profile Implications: 1) Much smaller contribution to global sea level rise. 2) Much smaller isostatic rebound. 3) Style of deglaciation.

Cartoon Reconstruction of Ross Embayment at LGM consistent with existing glacial and geologic data.

Drewry, 1979

Denton and Hughes, 2002 Classic reconstruction of WAIS in the Ross Sea at the last glacial maximum

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.

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.

Or more specifically: Saloon Doors

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)?