60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains
This study finds that glaciers have existed in the Transantarctic Mountains for the past 60 million years, and that warm-based mountain glaciers were present in Antarctica long before ice sheets came to dominate the continent.
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| author | Iestyn D. Barr Matteo Spagnolo Brice R. Rea Robert G. Bingham Rachel P. Oien Kathryn Adamson Jeremy C. Ely Donal J. Mullan Ramón Pellitero Matt D. Tomkins |
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| description | This study finds that glaciers have existed in the Transantarctic Mountains for the past 60 million years, and that warm-based mountain glaciers were present in Antarctica long before ice sheets came to dominate the continent. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c16c58dc12fb4f20aaa5cb25e256e4612022-12-22T03:48:07ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-09-011311710.1038/s41467-022-33310-z60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic MountainsIestyn D. Barr0Matteo Spagnolo1Brice R. Rea2Robert G. Bingham3Rachel P. Oien4Kathryn Adamson5Jeremy C. Ely6Donal J. Mullan7Ramón Pellitero8Matt D. Tomkins9Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan UniversitySchool of Geosciences, University of AberdeenSchool of Geosciences, University of AberdeenSchool of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghSchool of Geosciences, University of AberdeenDepartment of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityDepartment of Geography, University of SheffieldSchool of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University BelfastDepartamento de Geografía, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)Cryosphere Research at ManchesterThis study finds that glaciers have existed in the Transantarctic Mountains for the past 60 million years, and that warm-based mountain glaciers were present in Antarctica long before ice sheets came to dominate the continent.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33310-z |
| spellingShingle | Iestyn D. Barr Matteo Spagnolo Brice R. Rea Robert G. Bingham Rachel P. Oien Kathryn Adamson Jeremy C. Ely Donal J. Mullan Ramón Pellitero Matt D. Tomkins 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains Nature Communications |
| title | 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains |
| title_full | 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains |
| title_fullStr | 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains |
| title_full_unstemmed | 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains |
| title_short | 60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains |
| title_sort | 60 million years of glaciation in the transantarctic mountains |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33310-z |
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