Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Ultra-depleted hydrogen isotopes in hydrated glass record Late Cretaceous glaciation in Antarctica

  • Demian A. Nelson,
  • John M. Cottle,
  • Ilya N. Bindeman,
  • Alfredo Camacho

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32736-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Analysis of volcanic glass from the Transantarctic Mountains suggests that 90 Million years ago glaciation was widespread in Antarctica, a period in Earth’s history when the continent was considered to be ice-free and part of a global greenhouse.