Nature of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet during the Pliocene: geological evidence and modelling results compared

Smellie, John L.; Haywood, Alan M.; Hillenbrand, Claus-Dieter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0240-7317; Lunt, Daniel J.; Valdes, Paul J.. 2009 Nature of the Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet during the Pliocene: geological evidence and modelling results compared. Earth-Science Reviews, 94 (1-4). 79-94. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.03.005

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In this paper, we examine the nature of the Pliocene Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet by comparing the terrestrial and marine geological records of the Antarctic Peninsula and surrounding sea floor with estimated net snow accumulation in the region derived from numerical palaeoclimate model experiments. Pliocene geological data and our new modelling results are consistent and mutually supportive in suggesting that an ice sheet was present even during the warmest episodes of the Pliocene. The combined results suggest that the ice sheet in the Antarctic Peninsula is more robust to globally warmer conditions than is generally assumed, at least up to the climatic limits examined in our study. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.03.005
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Global Science in the Antarctic Context (2005-2009) > Greenhouse to Icehouse. Evolution of the Antarctic Cryosphere and Palaeoenvironment
ISSN:	0012-8252
Additional Keywords:	Pliocene; GCM; Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet; terrestrial; marine; glaciovolcanic
NORA Subject Terms:	Meteorology and Climatology Glaciology Earth Sciences
Date made live:	12 Nov 2010 10:16 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11282

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