Sunda Shelf During the Last Ice Age and Now (IMAGE)

University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST

Sunda Shelf During the Last Ice Age and Now

Caption

The exposed Sunda Shelf during glacial times greatly affected the atmospheric circulation. The shelf is shown on the left for present-day as the light-blue submerged areas between Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Thailand, and on the right for the last ice age as the green exposed area.

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Pedro DiNezio

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