Early Holocene retreat of the George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctic Peninsula

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 173-176

  Bentley, M J ^a   Hodgson, D A ^b   Sugden, D E ^c   Roberts, S J ^b   Smith, J A ^a,b   Leng, M J ^d,e   Bryant, C ^f  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Peninsula; Circumpolar Deep Water; Holocene; Ice shelves; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ANTARTIC PENINSULA SHELF; HOLOCENE ICE-SHELF; LAKE SEDIMENTS;

GLOBAL WARMING; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

SEA ICE;

HOLOCENE; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; WARMING;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WEST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

EID: 15744378352     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21203.1     Document Type: Article

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