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Windblown Pliocene diatoms and East Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

Marine diatoms in tillites along the Transantarctic Mountains (TAMs) have been used to suggest a diminished East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) during Pliocene warm periods. Updated ice-sheet modelling shows significant Pliocene EAIS retreat, creating marine embayments into the Wilkes and Aurora basins...

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Autores principales: Scherer, Reed P., DeConto, Robert M., Pollard, David, Alley, Richard B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5034352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27649516
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12957