Eurasian permafrost instability constrained by reduced sea-ice cover

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 16-23

  Vandenberghe, J ^a   Renssen, H ^a   Roche, D M ^a,b   Goosse, H ^c   Velichko, A A ^d   Gorbunov, A ^e   Levavasseur, G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^e INSTITUTE OF IONOSPHERE   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; LGM permafrost extent; Permafrost distribution; Permafrost instability; Permafrost modelling

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC OCEAN; ARCTIC SEA-ICE; CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CLIMATE CONDITION; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; EURASIA; LGM PERMAFROST EXTENT; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; NORTH ATLANTIC; PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION; RESEARCH STRATEGY; SEA-ICE COVER; WARM CLIMATES;

CLIMATE MODELS; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE;

PERMAFROST;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA;

EID: 84856609851     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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