A large West Antarctic Ice Sheet explains early Neogene sea-level amplitude.
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Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7889):450-455. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04148-0. Epub 2021 Dec 15.
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The erosion rate calculated from this sediment package greatly exceeds the long-term mean, implying rapid erosion of West Antarctica. This interval therefore captures a key step in the genesis of a marine-based WAIS and a tipping point in Antarctic ice-sheet evolution....
The erosion rate calculated from this sediment package greatly exceeds the long-term mean, implying rapid erosion of West Antarctica. …