A 45,000 yr record of Adélie penguins and climate change in the Ross Sea, Antartica

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-64

  Emslie, Steven D ^a   Coats, Larry ^b   Licht, Kathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned colonies; Ad lie Penguin; Ice sheet; Occupation history; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED COLONIES; PYGOSCELIS ADEFIAE; RADIOCARBON DATES;

COOLING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORY; SURFACE WATERS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OPEN WATER; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEABIRD;

ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

PYGOSCELIS; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 33846396306     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23011A.1     Document Type: Article

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