The sea-level conundrum: Case studies from palaeo-archives

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-25

  Abe Ouchi, Ayako ^a   Andersen, Morten ^b   Antonioli, Fabrizio ^c   Bamber, Jonathon ^b   Bard, Edouard ^d   Clark, Jorie ^e   Clark, Peter ^f   Deschamps, Pierre ^d   Dutton, Andrea ^g   Elliot, Mary ^h   Gallup, Christina ⁱ   Gomez, Natalya ^j   Gregory, Jonathan ^k   Huybers, Peter ^l   Kawamura, Kenji ^m   Kelly, Meredith ⁿ   Lambeck, Kurt ^g   Lowell, Tom ^o   Mitrovica, Jerry ^j   Otto Bliesner, Bette ^p   Richards, David ^b   Siddall, Mark ⁿ   Stanford, Jenny ^q   Stirling, Claudine ^r   Stocker, Thomas ^s   Thomas, Alex ^t   Thompson, Bill ^q   Törnqvist, Torbjörn ^u   Riveiros, Natalia Vazquez ^v   Waelbroeck, Claire ^v   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^a   Yu, Shiyong ^u   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

^d CEREGE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^f OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^l HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^m Tohoku University   (Japan)

ⁿ Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^p NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^q NOC ^*  (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^s UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^u TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^v LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Climate change; Ice sheets; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIER DYNAMICS; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 71149100692     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1270     Document Type: Article

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