60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains

Iestyn D. Barr; Matteo Spagnolo; Brice R. Rea; Robert G. Bingham; Rachel P. Oien; Kathryn Adamson; Jeremy C. Ely; Donal J. Mullan; Ramón Pellitero; Matt D. Tomkins

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33310-z

Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

60 million years of glaciation in the Transantarctic Mountains

Iestyn D. Barr,
Matteo Spagnolo,
Brice R. Rea,
Robert G. Bingham,
Rachel P. Oien,
Kathryn Adamson,
Jeremy C. Ely,
Donal J. Mullan,
Ramón Pellitero,
Matt D. Tomkins

Affiliations

Iestyn D. Barr: Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Matteo Spagnolo: School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
Brice R. Rea: School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
Robert G. Bingham: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
Rachel P. Oien: School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
Kathryn Adamson: Department of Natural Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University
Jeremy C. Ely: Department of Geography, University of Sheffield
Donal J. Mullan: School of Natural and Built Environment, Queen’s University Belfast
Ramón Pellitero: Departamento de Geografía, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
Matt D. Tomkins: Cryosphere Research at Manchester

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33310-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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This study finds that glaciers have existed in the Transantarctic Mountains for the past 60 million years, and that warm-based mountain glaciers were present in Antarctica long before ice sheets came to dominate the continent.

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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