Antarctic lakes suggest millennial reorganizations of Southern Hemisphere atmospheric and oceanic circulation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 21355-21359

  Hall, Brenda L ^a   Denton, George H ^a   Fountain, Andrew G ^b   Hendy, Chris H ^c   Henderson, Gideon M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Dry Valleys; Lake level change; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKE; PLEISTOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE; WATER CYCLE;

EID: 78650757775     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007250107     Document Type: Article

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