Climate change: Ice sheet and solid earth influences on far-field sea-level histories

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5736, 2005, Pages 925-928

  Bassett, Sophie E ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^a   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^b   Clark, Peter U ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; VISCOSITY;

DEGLACIATION; ICE AGE; ICE SHEETS;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ACCURACY; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE CHANGE; HISTORY; HYPOTHESIS; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; VISCOSITY;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; HUON PENINSULA; MELANESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLYNESIA; SOCIETY ISLANDS; TAHITI; WINDWARD ISLANDS [SOCIETY ISLANDS]; WORLD;

EID: 23244449829     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1111575     Document Type: Article

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