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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| author | 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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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-dfb04a81a26245ee84a0a1e9eaf67bdd2022-12-21T20:36:55ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-02-01711810.1038/ncomms10325Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million yearsAndrew S. Hein0John Woodward1Shasta M. Marrero2Stuart A. Dunning3Eric J. Steig4Stewart P. H. T. Freeman5Finlay M. Stuart6Kate Winter7Matthew J. Westoby8David E. Sugden9School of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghDepartment of Geography, Northumbria University, Ellison PlaceSchool of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghDepartment of Geography, Northumbria University, Ellison PlaceSchool of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghScottish Universities Environmental Research CentreScottish Universities Environmental Research CentreDepartment of Geography, Northumbria University, Ellison PlaceDepartment of Geography, Northumbria University, Ellison PlaceSchool of GeoSciences, University of EdinburghPredicting 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10325 |
| spellingShingle | 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 Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years Nature Communications |
| title | Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years |
| title_full | Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years |
| title_fullStr | Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years |
| title_short | Evidence for the stability of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet divide for 1.4 million years |
| title_sort | evidence for the stability of the west antarctic ice sheet divide for 1 4 million years |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10325 |
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