Initiation and long-term instability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Sean P. S. Gulick (), Amelia E. Shevenell, Aleksandr Montelli, Rodrigo Fernandez, Catherine Smith, Sophie Warny, Steven M. Bohaty, Charlotte Sjunneskog, Amy Leventer, Bruce Frederick and Donald D. Blankenship
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Sean P. S. Gulick: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Amelia E. Shevenell: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
Aleksandr Montelli: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Rodrigo Fernandez: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Catherine Smith: College of Marine Science, University of South Florida
Sophie Warny: Louisiana State University
Steven M. Bohaty: School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton
Charlotte Sjunneskog: Antarctic Marine Geological Research Facility, Florida State University
Amy Leventer: Colgate University, Hamilton
Bruce Frederick: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin
Donald D. Blankenship: Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin

Nature, 2017, vol. 552, issue 7684, 225-229

Abstract: Geophysical and geological data reveal increased ice-sheet variability and surface meltwater—possibly analogous to future conditions—offshore of the Aurora subglacial basin of East Antarctica during warm climate intervals of the past 50 million years.

Date: 2017
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