60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains

This study finds that glaciers have existed in the Transantarctic Mountains for the past 60 million years, and that warm-based mountain glaciers were present in Antarctica long before ice sheets came to dominate the continent.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Nature Communications
Main Authors:	Iestyn D. Barr, Matteo Spagnolo, Brice R. Rea, Robert G. Bingham, Rachel P. Oien, Kathryn Adamson, Jeremy C. Ely, Donal J. Mullan, Ramón Pellitero, Matt D. Tomkins
Format:	Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:	English
Published:	Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:	Science Q Transantarctic Mountains Antarc* Antarctica
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33310-z https://doaj.org/article/c16c58dc12fb4f20aaa5cb25e256e461

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Summary:	This study finds that glaciers have existed in the Transantarctic Mountains for the past 60 million years, and that warm-based mountain glaciers were present in Antarctica long before ice sheets came to dominate the continent.