Sea-level records from the U.S. mid-Atlantic constrain Laurentide Ice Sheet extent during Marine Isotope Stage 3

T Pico; J. R. Creveling; J. X. Mitrovica

doi:10.1038/ncomms15612

Nature Communications (May 2017)

Sea-level records from the U.S. mid-Atlantic constrain Laurentide Ice Sheet extent during Marine Isotope Stage 3

T Pico,
J. R. Creveling,
J. X. Mitrovica

Affiliations

T Pico: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
J. R. Creveling: Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences
J. X. Mitrovica: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15612
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Surprisingly high Pleistocene sea-level markers on the Virginia and North Carolina shoreline are inconsistent with models of Laurentide ice sheet volume during Marine Isotope Stage 3. Here, Picoet al. present a revised glacial isostatic adjustment model that enables them to reconcile these differences.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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