Rise in frequency of surface melting at Siple Dome through the Holocene: Evidence for increasing marine influence on the climate of West Antarctica

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Das, Sarah B ^a,b   Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; GLOBAL WARMING; MELTING; SEA ICE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLOGENESIS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MELTING; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SIPLE DOME; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 41649098510     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD008790     Document Type: Article

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