Borehole temperatures reveal details of 20th century warming at Bruce Plateau, Antarctic Peninsula

Cryosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 675-686

  Zagorodnov, V ^a   Nagornov, O ^b   Scambos, T A ^c   Muto, A ^c,e   Mosley Thompson, E ^a   Pettit, E C ^d   Tyuflin, S ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; BOREHOLE; ICE CORE; SATELLITE DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WEATHER STATION;

ANTARCTICA; BRUCE PLATEAU; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84863887560     PISSN: 19940416     EISSN: 19940424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/tc-6-675-2012     Document Type: Article

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