Geological constraints on glacio-isostatic adjustment models of relative sea-level change during deglaciation of Prince Gustav Channel, Antarctic Peninsula

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 25-26, 2011, Pages 3603-3617

  Roberts, Stephen J ^a   Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Sterken, Mieke ^b   Whitehouse, Pippa L ^c   Verleyen, Elie ^b   Vyverman, Wim ^b   Sabbe, Koen ^b   Balbo, Andrea ^a   Bentley, Michael J ^c   Moreton, Steven G ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Deglaciation; GRACE satellite; Holocene; Ice sheets; Palaeolimnology; Satellite gravity measurements; Sea level

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; DEGLACIATIONS; HOLOCENES; ICE SHEETS; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY;

GEODETIC SATELLITES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAVITATION;

ICE;

DEGLACIATION; DISCHARGE; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; GEOMETRY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; GLACIOISOSTASY; GRACE; GRAVITY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VOLUME;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; PRINCE GUSTAV CHANNEL; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 81155134916     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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