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The Antarctic Ice Sheet response to glacial millennial-scale variability
Departamento de Fisica de la Tierra y Astrofisica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Ilaria Tabone
Departamento de Fisica de la Tierra y Astrofisica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Jorge Alvarez-Solas
Departamento de Fisica de la Tierra y Astrofisica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Alexander Robinson
Departamento de Fisica de la Tierra y Astrofisica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Marisa Montoya
Departamento de Fisica de la Tierra y Astrofisica, Facultad de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Instituto de Geociencias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Short summary
The LGP is a period punctuated by the presence of several abrupt climate events and sea-level variations of up to 20 m at millennial timescales. The origin of those fluctuations is attributed to NH paleo ice sheets, but a contribution from the AIS cannot be excluded. Here, for the first time, we investigate the response of the AIS to millennial climate variability using an ice sheet–shelf model. We shows that the AIS produces substantial sea-level rises and grounding line migrations.
The LGP is a period punctuated by the presence of several abrupt climate events and sea-level...
