Modeling the surface mass-balance response of the Laurentide Ice Sheet to B?lling warming and its contribution to Meltwater Pulse 1A
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- 作者：Anders E. Carlsona ; b ; acarlson@geology.wisc.edu ; David J. Ullmana ; Faron S. Anslowc ; Feng Heb ; Peter U. Clarkd ; Zhengyu Liub ; Bette L. Otto-Bliesnere
- 关键词：Laurentide Ice Sheet ; surface mass-balance ; sea-level rise ; Bø ; lling warm period ; Meltwater Pulse 1A
- 刊名：Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- 出版年：2011
- 出版时间：15 December 2011
- 年：2011
- 卷：315-316
- 期：Complete
- 页码：24-29
- 全文大小：1096 K
文摘
Meltwater Pulse (MWP) 1A occurred ~ 14.5-14 ka and is the largest abrupt rise in sea level (10-20 m of sea-level rise) of the last deglaciation. The timing of MWP-1A is coincident with or shortly follows the abrupt warming of the North Atlantic region into the B?lling warm period, which could have triggered a large Laurentide Ice Sheet (LIS) contribution to MWP-1A. Given that outside of the Arctic, LIS iceberg discharge probably did not increase during the B?lling, much of the LIS MWP-1A contribution likely occurred through surface ablation. Here we test the response of LIS surface mass-balance to B?lling warming by forcing a LIS energy-mass balance model with climate from an atmosphere-ocean general circulation model. Our modeling approach neglects changes in LIS mass from dynamics and iceberg calving, allowing us to isolate the surface mass balance response. Model results suggest that LIS surface ablation can explain much of the sea-level rise just prior to MWP-1A. LIS surface mass-balance becomes more negative in response to the B?lling warming, contributing an additional 2.9 ¡À 1.0 m of sea-level rise in 500 yr in addition to the background contribution of 4.0 ¡À 0.8 m. The modeled LIS MWP-1A contribution is less than previous assumptions but agrees with geochemical runoff and LIS area-volume estimates. The fraction of MWP-1A attributable to other ice sheets, particularly Antarctica, depends on the total sea-level rise that occurred during this MWP.