Irregular tropical glacier retreat over the Holocene epoch driven by progressive warming

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7350, 2011, Pages 196-199

  Jomelli, Vincent ^a   Khodri, Myriam ^b   Favier, Vincent ^c   Brunstein, Daniel ^a   Ledru, Marie Pierre ^c   Wagnon, Patrick ^d   Blard, Pierre Henri ^e   Sicart, Jean Emmanuel ^d   Braucher, Régis ^f   Grancher, Delphine ^a   Bourlès, Didier Louis ^f   Braconnot, Pascale ^g   Vuille, Mathias ^h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

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

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^f AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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

^h STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BERYLLIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; MELTING; MORAINE; PALEOCLIMATE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UPLAND REGION; WARMING;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUATERNARY (PERIOD); TEMPERATURE; WARMING; WATER SUPPLY;

BOLIVIA; CORDILLERA REAL [BOLIVIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 79958273495     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10150     Document Type: Article

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