Causes of Antarctic Glaciation in the Cenozoic
Abstract The causes of Antarctic glaciation are analyzed by means of numeral experiments based on the three-dimensional thermodynamic model of a large ice sheet. Refrigeration of the climate between the Eocene and the Oligocene was due to the opening of the passage south of Australia and to the form...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1016/0033-5894(81)90110-1 2024-06-09T07:40:09+00:00 Causes of Antarctic Glaciation in the Cenozoic Kvasov, D.D. Verbitsky, M.Ya. 1981 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(81)90110-1 http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589481901101?httpAccept=text/xml http://api.elsevier.com/content/article/PII:0033589481901101?httpAccept=text/plain https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003358940001591X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Quaternary Research volume 15, issue 1, page 1-17 ISSN 0033-5894 1096-0287 journal-article 1981 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1016/0033-5894(81)90110-1 2024-05-15T13:12:49Z Abstract The causes of Antarctic glaciation are analyzed by means of numeral experiments based on the three-dimensional thermodynamic model of a large ice sheet. Refrigeration of the climate between the Eocene and the Oligocene was due to the opening of the passage south of Australia and to the formation of the South Ring Stream. Calculations have shown that this led to the development of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet which might have existed in spite of relatively high temperatures of the surrounding ocean air. A new cooling of the climate in the Middle Miocene is connected with the fact that the South Ring Stream found its way through the Drake Passage glaciers spreading on to the Western Antarctic. Between Miocene and Pliocene, glaciation of the South Polar regions was at its maximum due to the regression of the world ocean. In Quaternary time, sea level was lowering due to the glaciation of the Northern Hemisphere, which resulted in glacier growth in the Antarctic. The anticipated warming of the climate due to the activity of man is not likely to bring about any considerable change in the size of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Drake Passage Ice Sheet Cambridge University Press Antarctic Drake Passage East Antarctic Ice Sheet The Antarctic Quaternary Research 15 1 1 17 |
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Abstract The causes of Antarctic glaciation are analyzed by means of numeral experiments based on the three-dimensional thermodynamic model of a large ice sheet. Refrigeration of the climate between the Eocene and the Oligocene was due to the opening of the passage south of Australia and to the formation of the South Ring Stream. Calculations have shown that this led to the development of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet which might have existed in spite of relatively high temperatures of the surrounding ocean air. A new cooling of the climate in the Middle Miocene is connected with the fact that the South Ring Stream found its way through the Drake Passage glaciers spreading on to the Western Antarctic. Between Miocene and Pliocene, glaciation of the South Polar regions was at its maximum due to the regression of the world ocean. In Quaternary time, sea level was lowering due to the glaciation of the Northern Hemisphere, which resulted in glacier growth in the Antarctic. The anticipated warming of the climate due to the activity of man is not likely to bring about any considerable change in the size of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet. |
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Causes of Antarctic Glaciation in the Cenozoic |
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