Open AccessThe absence of evidence of absence of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet
Author(s) -
Greg Balco
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
geology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.609
H-Index - 215
eISSN - 1943-2682
pISSN - 0091-7613
DOI - 10.1130/focus102015.1
Subject(s) - geology , ice sheet , antarctic ice sheet , oceanography , ice stream , climatology , cryosphere , sea ice
The mid-Pliocene warm period between ca. 3 Ma and 3.3 Ma was the last time the atmospheric CO2 concentration was as high as it is today. Global sea level was higher than it is now, because the Greenland ice sheet and some portion of the Antarctic ice sheets were not present. If atmospheric CO2,
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