East Antarctica's Achilles heel

The East Antarctic ice sheet is believed to be Earth's most stable ice sheet. Changes in geochemical composition of offshore sediments suggest that its margin repeatedly retreated by at least 350–550 kilometres inland between 5.3 and 3.3 million years ago.

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Published in:Nature Geoscience
Main Author: Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
Subjects:
Antarctic
East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Achilles Heel
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502390/
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spelling ftnerc:oai:nora.nerc.ac.uk:502390 2023-05-15T13:48:07+02:00 East Antarctica's Achilles heel Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter 2013-07-21 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/502390/ unknown Nature Publishing Group Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter orcid:0000-0003-0240-7317 . 2013 East Antarctica's Achilles heel. Nature Geoscience, 6 (9). 680-681. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1897 <https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1897> Publication - Article PeerReviewed 2013 ftnerc https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1897 2023-02-04T19:37:13Z The East Antarctic ice sheet is believed to be Earth's most stable ice sheet. Changes in geochemical composition of offshore sediments suggest that its margin repeatedly retreated by at least 350–550 kilometres inland between 5.3 and 3.3 million years ago. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Ice Sheet Natural Environment Research Council: NERC Open Research Archive Antarctic East Antarctic Ice Sheet Achilles Heel ENVELOPE(-63.596,-63.596,-64.500,-64.500) Nature Geoscience 6 9 680 681
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