A 100 yr record of ocean temperature control on the stability of Jakobshavn Isbrae, West Greenland

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 867-870

  Lloyd, Jeremy ^a   Moros, Matthias ^b,c   Perner, Kerstin ^b   Telford, Richard J ^c,d   Kuijpers, Antoon ^e   Jansen, Eystein ^c,d   McCarthy, David ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE INDICATORS; CLOSE COUPLING; CONSTRAINING MODELS; CRYOSPHERE; FUTURE PROJECTIONS; ICE SHEET DYNAMICS; NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SUB-SURFACE OCEAN; WEST GREENLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE CONTROL;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATION; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CRYOSPHERE; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); DISKO BAY; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

EID: 80053954167     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32076.1     Document Type: Article

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