The deglacial history of southeast sector of the Greenland Ice Sheet during the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 15-16, 2008, Pages 1505-1516

  Roberts, David H ^a   Long, Antony J ^a   Schnabel, Christoph ^b   Freeman, Stewart ^c   Simpson, Matthew J R ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; BACKPROPAGATION; COASTAL ZONES; DYNAMICS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; PAPER SHEETING;

COASTAL AREAS; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GREEN LAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET MODELLING; ICE SHEETS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM (LGM); MASS BALANCING; RADIO CARBON DATING; RAPID CHANGES; SOUTHEAST GREENLAND;

ICE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE THICKNESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MODELING; NUNATAK; RADIOCARBON DATING;

AGING; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS; GEOLOGY; GREENLAND; HEATING; ICE; ISOTOPES; MAPPING; MATERIALS BALANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PAPER PRODUCTS; RADIOACTIVITY; WEATHERING;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 48149085294     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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