Evidence of a full West Antarctic Ice Sheet back to the early Oligocene: Insight from double dating of detrital apatites in Ross Sea sediments
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet is the most unstable component of the Antarctic cryosphere. Its fluctuations are well documented since the Pliocene, but its behaviour over the last 35 Ma is more controversial, particularly during periods of past high global pCO2 values similar to those predicted in fut...
Published in: | Terra Nova |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3188325 https://doi.org/10.1111/ter.12153 |