Volume of Antarctic Ice at the Last Glacial Maximum, and its impact on global sea level change

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1569-1595

  Bentley, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

EID: 0033406704     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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