| The Antarctic plays an important role in the global climate system. On the one hand, the Antarctic Ice Sheet is the largest freshwater reservoir on Earth. On the other hand, a major proportion of the global bottom-water formation takes place in Antarctic shelf regions, forcing the global thermohaline circulation. Previous research mainly focused on the long-term development of the West- and East Antarctic Ice Sheets and on the short-term variability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. Investigations regarding the variability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) on Milankovitch timescales were mostly done in the Weddell Sea and South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. In contrast, comparatively little palaeoenvironmental studies were conducted on... |
