Oceanic and atmospheric forcing of early Holocene ice shelf retreat, George VI Ice Shelf, Antarctica Peninsula

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 500-516

  Smith, James A ^a,b   Bentley, Michael J ^b   Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Roberts, Stephen J ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^c   Lloyd, Jeremy M ^b   Barrett, Melissa S ^a   Bryant, Charlotte ^d   Sugden, David E ^e  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPES; LAKES;

ANTARCTIC ICE CORES; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE;

ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; FORAMINIFERA; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ICE SHELF; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OCEANIC CURRENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ALEXANDER ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; GEORGE VI ICE SHELF; WEST ANTARCTICA;

FORAMINIFERA;

ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERIC FORCING; C/N RATIO; HOLOCENE ICE-SHELF; HOLOCENES; ICE SHELVES; LAKE-SEDIMENT RECORDS; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; OCEAN WATER; OCEAN-ATMOSPHERE; STABLE ISOTOPES; TIME INTERVAL; TOTAL NITROGEN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WESTERN ANTARCTIC PENINSULA;

EID: 33847182369     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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