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A 14.5-million-year record of East Antarctic Ice Sheet fluctuations from the central Transantarctic Mountains, constrained with cosmogenic 3He, 10Be, 21Ne, and 26Al
Allie Balter-Kennedy
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono,
Maine, USA
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
previously published under the name Allie Balter
Gordon Bromley
Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA
Geography, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
Greg Balco
Berkeley Geochronology Center, Berkeley, California, USA
Holly Thomas
School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine, Orono,
Maine, USA
Margaret S. Jackson
Geography, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Short summary
We describe new geologic evidence from Antarctica that demonstrates changes in East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) extent over the past ~ 15 million years. Our data show that the EAIS was a persistent feature in the Transantarctic Mountains for much of that time, including some (but not all) times when global temperature may have been warmer than today. Overall, our results comprise a long-term record of EAIS change and may provide useful constraints for ice sheet models and sea-level estimates.
We describe new geologic evidence from Antarctica that demonstrates changes in East Antarctic...
