Can ice sheets trigger abrupt climatic change?

Arctic and Alpine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 448-465

  Hughes, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FORCING; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY GLACIATION;

EID: 0030303143     PISSN: 00040851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1551856     Document Type: Article

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