Changes in climate, ocean and ice-sheet conditions in the Ross embayment, Antarctica, at 6 ka

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 27, Issue , 1998, Pages 305-310

  Steig, Eric J ^a   Hart, Charles P ^a   White, James W C ^a   Cunningham, Wendy L ^a   Davis, Mathew D ^b   Saltzman, Eric S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; RAISED BEACH;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0032423419     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/1998AoG27-1-305-310     Document Type: Article

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