A large-scale transcontinental river system crossed West Antarctica during the Eocene

• Main Authors: Zundel, Maximilian, Spiegel, Cornelia, Mark, Chris, Millar, Ian, Chew, David, Klages, Johann, Gohl, Karsten, Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter, Najman, Yani, Salzmann, Ulrich, Ehrmann, Werner, Titschack, Jürgen, Bauersachs, Thorsten, Uenzelmann-Neben, Gabriele, Bickert, Torsten, Müller, Juliane, Larter, Rober, Lisker, Frank, Bohaty, Steve, Kuhn, Gerhard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Ice Sheet; West Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/221340/

Extensive ice coverage largely prevents investigations of Antarctica’s unglaciated past. Knowledge about environmental and tectonic development before large-scale glaciation, however, is important for understanding the transition into the modern icehouse world. We report geochronological and sedimen...