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

• Main Authors: Levy, Richard H., Dolan, Aisling M., Escutia, Carlota, Gasson, Edward G.W., McKay, Robert M., Naish, Tim, Patterson, Molly O., Perez, Lara F., Shevenell, Amelia E., Flierdt, Tina van de, Dickinson, Warren, Kowalewski, Douglas E., Meyers, Stephen R., Ohneiser, Christian, Sangiorgi, Francesca, Williams, Trevor, Chorley, Hannah K., Santis, Laura De, Florindo, Fabio, Golledge, Nicholas R., Grant, Georgia R., Halberstadt, Anna Ruth W., Harwood, David M., Lewis, Adam R., Powell, Ross, Verret, Marjolaine
• Other Authors: Siegert, Martin, De Santis, Laura
• Format: Book Part
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Ross Sea; Wilkes Land; Antarc*; Ice Sheet; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/531569/; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819109-5.00014-1

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...