Southern Ocean warming and Wilkes Land ice sheet retreat during the mid-Miocene

Southern Ocean warming and Wilkes Land ice sheet retreat during the mid-Miocene

Ocean heat is important in forcing ice sheet retreat, yet past ocean temperature data from proximal ice sheet locations are sparse. Here, the authors present temperature reconstructions from the Wilkes Land subglacial basin during the mid-Miocene, and show that warm waters sustained ice sheet retrea...

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Main Authors: Francesca Sangiorgi, Peter K. Bijl, Sandra Passchier, Ulrich Salzmann, Stefan Schouten, Robert McKay, Rosemary D. Cody, Jörg Pross, Tina van de Flierdt, Steven M. Bohaty, Richard Levy, Trevor Williams, Carlota Escutia, Henk Brinkhuis
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5d1d8a15101a4010af35615aec6ac5b9
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Summary:Ocean heat is important in forcing ice sheet retreat, yet past ocean temperature data from proximal ice sheet locations are sparse. Here, the authors present temperature reconstructions from the Wilkes Land subglacial basin during the mid-Miocene, and show that warm waters sustained ice sheet retreat 17–14.8 Ma.

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