A Record of Antarctic Climate and Ice Sheet History Recovered

• Main Authors: Naish, T., Powell, R., Florindo, F., Harwood, D., Kuhn, G., Niessen, F., Talarico, F., Wilson, G.
• Other Authors: Naish, T.; Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Powell, R.; Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Florindo, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, Harwood, D.; ANDRILL Science Management Office, Kuhn, G.; Department of Marine Geophysics, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, Niessen, F.; Department of Marine Geophysics, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, Talarico, F.; Dipartimento di Scienze delle Terra,Università di Siena, Siena, Italy, Wilson, G.; Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, and Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia, ANDRILL Science Management Office, Department of Marine Geophysics, Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany, Dipartimento di Scienze delle Terra,Università di Siena, Siena, Italy, Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AGU 2007
• Subjects: Antarctic; climate; 02. Cryosphere::02.03. Ice cores::02.03.05. Paleoclimate; Barrett; Davey; Harwood; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2122/3093

Antarctica’s late Cenozoic (the past ~15 million years) climate history is poorly known from direct evidence, owing to its remoteness, an extensive sea ice apron, and an ice sheet cover over the region for the past 34 million years. Consequently, knowledge about the role of Antarctica’s ice sheets in global sea level and climate has relied heavily upon interpretations of oxygen isotope records from deep-sea cores. Whereas these isotopic records have revolutionized our understanding of climate-ice-ocean interactions, questions still remain about the specific role of Antarctic ice sheets in global climate. Such questions can be addressed from geological records at the marine margin of the ice sheets, recovered by drilling from floating ice platforms [e.g., Davey et al., 2001; Harwood et al., 2006; Barrett, 2007]. Published 557-568 3.8. Geofisica per l'ambiente N/A or not JCR reserved