Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years

Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years

Predicting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's response to future warming is hindered by a lack of historical evidence. Here, based on geomorphological evidence from and cosmogenic dating of Ellsworth Mountains' deposits, the authors show that at least a regional ice sheet survived Pleistocene...

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Main Authors: Andrew S. Hein, John Woodward, Shasta M. Marrero, Stuart A. Dunning, Eric J. Steig, Stewart P. H. T. Freeman, Finlay M. Stuart, Kate Winter, Matthew J. Westoby, David E. Sugden
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/dfb04a81a26245ee84a0a1e9eaf67bdd
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Summary:Predicting the West Antarctic Ice Sheet's response to future warming is hindered by a lack of historical evidence. Here, based on geomorphological evidence from and cosmogenic dating of Ellsworth Mountains' deposits, the authors show that at least a regional ice sheet survived Pleistocene interglacial cycles.

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