Sea-level probability for the last deglaciation: A statistical analysis of far-field records

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 193-203

  Stanford, J D ^a   Hemingway, R ^a   Rohling, E J ^a   Challenor, P G ^b   Medina Elizalde, M ^a   Lester, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c The Chamber of Shipping   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Meltwater pulse; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE LIMIT; DATA SETS; DEGLACIAL; DEGLACIATIONS; FAR-FIELD; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LARGE-SCALE EVENT; MELTWATER PULSE; MODELLING STUDIES; MONTE CARLO; NUMERICAL MODELS; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEA LEVEL RISE; WORLD OCEAN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CLIMATE MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CHRONOLOGY; DATA SET; ICE SHEET; LAST DEGLACIATION; MELTWATER; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PROBABILITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 79955783906     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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