Deglacial rapid sea level rises caused by ice-sheet saddle collapses

Nature

Volumn 487, Issue 7406, 2012, Pages 219-222

  Gregoire, Lauren J ^a   Payne, Antony J ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; GLACIER RETREAT; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; EVOLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; ICE SHEET; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE COVER; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84863700592     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11257     Document Type: Article

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