Sensitivity of Pliocene ice sheets to orbital forcing

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 98-110

  Dolan, Aisling M ^a   Haywood, Alan M ^a   Hill, Daniel J ^b   Dowsett, Harry J ^c   Hunter, Stephen J ^a   Lunt, Daniel J ^d,e   Pickering, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ice sheets; Orbital forcing; Pliocene; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; CLIMATE MODELING; EUSTACY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; ICE SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 79960631571     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.030     Document Type: Article

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