Environmental and climate changes in Antarctica in the Geological Past

• Published in: Ice and Snow
• Main Author: G. L. Leitchenkov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Nauka 2015
• Subjects: антарктида; геолого-геофизические данные; изменение климата; ледниковый покров; природная среда; Science; Q; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Wilkes Land; D'Urville Sea; Cooperation Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; Антарктида
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15356/2076-6734-2014-4-107-116; https://doaj.org/article/39acdc8a156349888d6e7ef7ef51bd5c

In the Cretaceous time, Antarctica was characterized by subtropical and tropical climate. The Early Eocene was warmest in the Antarctic history but this Climatic Optimum terminated with a long-term cooling trend that culminated in continental-scale glaciation of Antarctica at about 34 Ma ago. There...