Stabilists strike again

ON page 412 of this issue1, Sugden and colleagues announce that glacier ice in the Dry valleys of East Antarctica seems to have survived for over 8 million years under a thin layer of sediment. This, they argue, testifies that stable polar conditions have persisted for at least that time.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Nature
Main Authors: van der Wateren, Dick, Hindmarsh, Richard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1995
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Online Access:http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/515876/
https://doi.org/10.1038/376389a0
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Summary:ON page 412 of this issue1, Sugden and colleagues announce that glacier ice in the Dry valleys of East Antarctica seems to have survived for over 8 million years under a thin layer of sediment. This, they argue, testifies that stable polar conditions have persisted for at least that time.