Asynchronous Antarctic and Greenland ice-volume contributions to the last interglacial sea-level highstand

Eelco J. Rohling; Fiona D. Hibbert; Katharine M. Grant; Eirik V. Galaasen; Nil Irvalı; Helga F. Kleiven; Gianluca Marino; Ulysses Ninnemann; Andrew P. Roberts; Yair Rosenthal; Hartmut Schulz; Felicity H. Williams; Jimin Yu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12874-3

Nature Communications (Nov 2019)

Asynchronous Antarctic and Greenland ice-volume contributions to the last interglacial sea-level highstand

Eelco J. Rohling,
Fiona D. Hibbert,
Katharine M. Grant,
Eirik V. Galaasen,
Nil Irvalı,
Helga F. Kleiven,
Gianluca Marino,
Ulysses Ninnemann,
Andrew P. Roberts,
Yair Rosenthal,
Hartmut Schulz,
Felicity H. Williams,
Jimin Yu

Affiliations

Eelco J. Rohling: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
Fiona D. Hibbert: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
Katharine M. Grant: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
Eirik V. Galaasen: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Nil Irvalı: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Helga F. Kleiven: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Gianluca Marino: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
Ulysses Ninnemann: Department of Earth Science and Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research, University of Bergen
Andrew P. Roberts: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
Yair Rosenthal: Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University
Hartmut Schulz: Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Tuebingen
Felicity H. Williams: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University
Jimin Yu: Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12874-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The relative contributions of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets to Last Interglacial sea level rise remain debated, as do the timing and magnitude. Here, data show that the Antarctic Ice Sheet dominated particularly high levels of sea-level rise during the early Last Interglacial.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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