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Hot rock and ice: Volcanic chain underlies Antarctica
- December 12, 2015
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For the first time, researchers have attempted to measure all the material leaving and entering a mountain range over more than a million years, and discovered that erosion caused by glaciation during ice ages can, in the right circumstances, wear down mountains faster than plate tectonics can build them.
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Unkown User, "Hot rock and ice: Volcanic chain underlies Antarctica", MachPrinciple, December 12, 2015, https://machprinciple.com/post/Hot-rock-and-ice-Volcanic-chain-underlies-Antarctica
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