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Nature Geoscience 2, 671 - 672 (2009)
doi:10.1038/ngeo644
Subject Category: Structural geology, tectonics and geodynamics
Tectonics: Antarctica sinking
Michael Studinger1 & Peter Barrett2
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Michael Studinger is at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, PO Box 1000, Palisades, New York 10964-8000, USA.
e-mail: mstuding@ldeo.columbia.edu -
Peter Barrett is at the Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
e-mail: Peter.Barrett@vuw.ac.nz
Abstract
Conflicting proxies for the size of early Antarctic ice sheets have been puzzling. A reconstruction of West Antarctica's past elevation suggests that the disagreement stems from an underestimation of Antarctica's surface area above sea level.
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