Ross Sea paleo-ice sheet drainage and deglacial history during and since the LGM

Onshore and offshore studies show that an expanded, grounded ice sheet occupied the Ross Sea Embayment during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). Results from studies of till provenance and the orienta ...

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