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Earth System Processes 2 (8–11 August 2005)

Paper No. 6
Presentation Time: 3:30 PM

DYNAMICS AND EVOLUTION OF TAYLOR GLACIER, ANTARCTICA


CUFFEY, Kurt M.1, KAVANAUGH, Jeffrey L.1 and MORSE, David L.2, (1)Univ of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-4740, (2)Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas - Austin, 4412 Spicewood Springs Road, Bldg. 600, Austin, TX 78759-8500, kcuffey@socrates.berkeley.edu

Taylor Glacier drains the Taylor Dome region of the east flank of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, and terminates in the Dry Valleys. This glacier provides a unique opportunity to investigate the long-term glacier dynamics, because information is available both about the climatic forcing on the system (from the Taylor Dome ice core) and about the response of the system (from the geomorphologic record in the Dry Valleys, and the current configuration of the ice mass itself). We examine the dynamics of the modern Taylor Glacier and explore evidence for its time-dependent behavior.

Session No. 9

T20. Ice Age Dynamics and Climate
Monday, 8 August 2005: 1:30 PM-4:30 PM
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