Antarctic glacial history from numerical models and continental margin sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 150, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 247-267

  Barker, Peter F ^a   Barrett, Peter J ^b   Cooper, Alan K ^c   Huybrechts, Philippe ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Continental margin; Glacial sediments; Numerical models; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE SHEET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA ICE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033166223     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00224-7     Document Type: Article

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