Antarctic environmental change and ice sheet evolution through the Miocene to Pliocene – a perspective from the Ross Sea and George V to Wilkes Land Coasts
The Miocene to Pliocene (Neogene) occurred between 23.04 and 2.58 million years ago and includes intervals of peak global warmth where Earth’s average surface temperature was up to 8℃ warmer than present. Major cooling steps also occurred, across which Antarctica’s ice sheets advanced to the contine...
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Elsevier
2021
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Online Access: | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531569/ https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819109-5.00014-1 |