Radiocarbon constraints on Antarctic Peninsula Ice Sheet retreat following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 25-28, 2007, Pages 3286-3297

  Heroy, David C ^a   Anderson, John B ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; NORTHERN PENINSULA; RADIOCARBON;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CALIBRATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORE ANALYSIS; DEGLACIATION; EUSTACY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE SEDIMENT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 36849056620     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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