Deep water inflow slowed offshore expansion of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet at the Eocene-Oligocene transition

The growth of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was inhibited by incursions of relatively warm circumpolar deep water as early as the Eocene-Oligocene transition, according to seismic imaging of a sediment drift on the shelf of the Amundsen Sea Embayment.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Communications Earth & Environment
Main Authors: Gabriele Uenzelmann-Neben, Karsten Gohl, Katharina Hochmuth, Ulrich Salzmann, Robert D. Larter, Claus-Dieter Hillenbrand, Johann P. Klages, Science Team of Expedition PS104
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022
Subjects:
geo
envir
Amundsen Sea
Antarctic
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Antarc*
Ice Sheet
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00369-x
https://doaj.org/article/da1fdad3082b490395be2f920fb57794
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Summary:The growth of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet was inhibited by incursions of relatively warm circumpolar deep water as early as the Eocene-Oligocene transition, according to seismic imaging of a sediment drift on the shelf of the Amundsen Sea Embayment.

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