Holocene long- and short-term climate changes off Adé lie Land, East Antarctica

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Crosta, X ^a   Debret, M ^b   Denis, D ^a   Courty, M A ^c   Ther, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c UMR 5198   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Holocene; Insolation; Sea ice; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349107184     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001718     Document Type: Article

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