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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8016
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- JSPS NEXT programme [GR031]
- KAKENHI [26247085]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [26247085, 25241005] Funding Source: KAKEN
The Late Pliocene epoch is a potential analogue for future climate in a warming world. Here we reconstruct Plio-Pleistocene East Antarctic Ice Sheet (EAIS) variability using cosmogenic nuclide exposure ages and model simulations to better understand ice sheet behaviour under such warm conditions. New and previously published exposure ages indicate interior-thickening during the Pliocene. An ice sheet model with mid-Pliocene boundary conditions also results in interior thickening and suggests that both the Wilkes Subglacial and Aurora Basins largely melted, offsetting increased ice volume. Considering contributions from West Antarctica and Greenland, this is consistent with the most recent IPCC AR5 estimate, which indicates that the Pliocene sea level likely did not exceed +20m on Milankovitch timescales. The inception of colder climate since similar to 3 Myr has increased the sea ice cover and inhibited active moisture transport to Antarctica, resulting in reduced ice sheet thickness, at least in coastal areas.
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