Dynamic behaviour of the East Antarctic ice sheet during Pliocene warmth

• Published in: Nature Geoscience
• Main Authors: Cook, CP, Van De Flierdt, T, Williams, T, Hemming, SR, Iwai, M, Kobayashi, M, Jimenez-Espejo, FJ, Escutia, C, González, JJ, Khim, BK, McKay, RM, Passchier, S, Bohaty, SM, Riesselman, CR, Tauxe, L, Sugisaki, S, Galindo, AL, Patterson, MO, Sangiorgi, F, Pierce, EL, Brinkhuis, H, Klaus, A, Fehr, A, Bendle, JAP, Bijl, PK, Carr, SA, Dunbar, RB, Flores, JA, Hayden, TG, Katsuki, K, Kong, GS, Nakai, M, Olney, MP, Pekar, SF, Pross, J, Röhl, U, Sakai, T, Shrivastava, PK, Stickley, CE, Tuo, S, Welsh, K, Yamane, M
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2013
• Subjects: Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; East Antarctica; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/7cq9w66z

Warm intervals within the Pliocene epoch (5.33-2.58 million years ago) were characterized by global temperatures comparable to those predicted for the end of this century and atmospheric CO 2 concentrations similar to today. Estimates for global sea level highstands during these times imply possible...