Pleistocene reduction of polar ice caps: Evidence from Cariaco Basin marine sediments

Geology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 71-74

  Poore, R Z ^a   Dowsett, H J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global change; Ice caps; Interglacial; Paleoclimate; Sea level

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; ISOTOPES; ORBITS; SNOW; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLES; GLOBAL CHANGE; ICE-CAPS; IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURES; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; PALEOCLIMATES; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS;

SEA LEVEL;

GLOBAL CHANGE; ICE CAP; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CARIACO BASIN; CARIBBEAN SEA;

EID: 0035239057     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0071:PROPIC>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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