The relationship between Southeast Asian island arc and ice age (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

The relationship between Southeast Asian island arc and ice age

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Left: The Southeast Asian islands with their ancient smaller area (red), as reconstructed by the scientific team. They have grown to their present size over the past 15 million years. Right: The extent of ice sheets over North America during the last glacial maximum 18,000 years ago. Large ice sheets in the Northern Hemisphere first developed 2.7 million years ago.

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Nicholas Swanson-Hysell, UC Berkeley

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