A large-scale transcontinental river system crossed West Antarctica during the Eocene

• Published in: Science Advances
• Main Authors: Zundel, Maximilian, Spiegel, Cornelia, Mark, Chris, Millar, Ian, Chew, David, Klages, Johann, Gohl, Karsten, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Najman, Yani, Salzmann, Ulrich, Ehrmann, Werner, Titschack, Jürgen, Bauersachs, Thorsten, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Bickert, Torsten, Müller, Juliane, Larter, Rober, Lisker, Frank, Bohaty, Steve, Kuhn, Gerhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2024
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Lied; Transantarctic Mountains; West Antarctica; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adn6056; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/sciadv.adn6056

Extensive ice coverage largely prevents investigations of Antarctica’s unglaciated past. Knowledge about environmental and tectonic development before large-scale glaciation, however, is important for understanding the transition into the modern icehouse world. We report geochronological and sedimen...