Uncertainties in elevation changes and their impact on Antarctic temperature records since the end of the last glacial period

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 315-316, Issue , 2012, Pages 12-23

  Siddall, Mark ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^b   Masson Delmotte, Valérie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice cores; Ice sheet; Isostasy; Termination

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ICE CORES; ICE SHEET; ISOSTASY; TERMINATION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GRAVITATION; ISOTOPES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ICE;

HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; ISOSTASY; LAST GLACIAL; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SATELLITE DATA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84856256281     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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