Microfossils Retrace Antarctica’s Glacial Past (Ross Sea)

[Oxytropidoceras]

Retracing Antarctica’s Glacial Past

LSU geologist uncovers new data to inform future sea level rise

https://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/news/2018/09/25gg_bart_scireports.php

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/09/180925140417.htm

https://phys.org/news/2018-09-retracing-antarctica-glacial.html

 

The open-access paper is:

 

Bart, P.J., DeCesare, M., Rosenheim, B.E., Majewski, 

W. and McGlannan, A., 2018. A centuries-long delay 

between a paleo-ice-shelf collapse and grounding-

line retreat in the Whales Deep Basin, eastern Ross 

Sea, Antarctica. Scientific reports, 8(1), article 12392.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29911-8

 

Yours,

 

Paul H.

[Vikki]

Nice paper! thanks for sharing. That is my area of interest, but using Diatoms. Great read.