Fig. 3: Variation in sodium concentration of surface snow and distance from the ice shelf edge in the western Weddell Sea from Minikin et al. (1994)40 (green open circles). | Nature Geoscience

Fig. 3: Variation in sodium concentration of surface snow and distance from the ice shelf edge in the western Weddell Sea from Minikin et al. (1994)40 (green open circles).

From: Abrupt Holocene ice loss due to thinning and ungrounding in the Weddell Sea Embayment

Fig. 3: Variation in sodium concentration of surface snow and distance from the ice shelf edge in the western Weddell Sea from Minikin et al. (1994)40 (green open circles).

The red triangle and square are the mean sodium levels at SIR before and after the early Holocene transition, respectively, with their position on the x axis determined by the fit. The blue star is the mean sodium level in the top depths of the ice core (2–25 m), which was not included in the fit.

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