A comparison of the present and last interglacial periods in six Antarctic ice cores

Climate of the Past

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 397-423

  Masson Delmotte, V ^a   Buiron, D ^b   Ekaykin, A ^c   Frezzotti, M ^d   Gallee H ^b   Jouzel, J ^a   Krinner, G ^b   Landais, A ^a   Motoyama, H ^e   Oerter, H ^f   Pol, K ^a   Pollard, D ^g   Ritz, C ^b   Schlosser, E ^h   Sime, L C ⁱ   Sodemann, H ^j   Stenni, B ^k   Uemura, R ^a,l   Vimeux, F ^a,m  

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

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

^c ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d ENEA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^f ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^g PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

ⁱ BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^m CNRS   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELEVATION; ICE CORE; ICE FLOW; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESOLUTION; SEA ICE; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 79955512420     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-7-397-2011     Document Type: Article

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