Repeated advance and retreat of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet on the continental shelf during the early Pliocene warm period

• Main Authors: Reinardy, B. T I, Escutia, C., Iwai, M., Jimenez-Espejo, F. J., Cook, C., van de Flierdt, T., Brinkhuis, H.
• Other Authors: Marine palynology and palaeoceanography, Marine Palynology
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: East antarctic ice sheet; Grounding line; Micromorphology; Pliocene; Wilkes subglacial Basin; Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematics; Palaeontology; Earth-Surface Processes; Oceanography; Adélie Coast; Antarctic; East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Wilkes Subglacial Basin; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/329921

Diatom analysis of a sediment core recovered at IODP Site U1358 on the continental shelf off the Adélie Coast indicated that the lower section of the core contained an assemblage dating back to the Thalassiosira innura Zone of the lower Pliocene that ranges from 4.2 to 5.12. Ma. Based on lithologica...