Last glacial-interglacial sea-ice cover in the SW Atlantic and its potential role in global deglaciation

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 2446-2458

  Allen, Claire S ^a   Pike, Jennifer ^b   Pudsey, Carol J ^c  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diatom; Late Quaternary; Sea ice; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; AUSTRAL WINTER; BOTTOM WATER; DEGLACIATIONS; DIATOM; GLOBAL IMPACTS; HOLOCENES; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE QUATERNARY; LATEGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENTS; POLAR FRONT; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; SCOTIA SEA; SEA-ICE COVER; SEASONAL CHANGES; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OCEAN; STRONG LINK; SURFACE SEDIMENTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; EARTH (PLANET); GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ICE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE COVER; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MARINE SEDIMENT; POLAR FRONT; SEA ICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT CORE; STRATIGRAPHY; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 80051889135     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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