Holocene dynamics of the Arctic's largest ice shelf

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 18899-18904

  Antoniades, Dermot ^a,e   Francus, Pierre ^a,b,c   Pienitz, Reinhard ^a   St Onge, Guillaume ^c,d   Vincent, Warwick F ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^c GEOTOP Research Center   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Climate change; Geochemistry; Glaciology; Paleoceanography

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; FRESH WATER; IRON; MANGANESE;

ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOLOCENE; ICE SHELF; LAKE; MAGNETISM; ONTOGENY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORAMINIFERA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; ICE COVER; MAGNETICS; NITROGEN; OCEANOGRAPHY; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 82755186507     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1106378108     Document Type: Article

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