Combining ice core records and ice sheet models to explore the evolution of the East Antarctic Ice sheet during the Last Interglacial period

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 100, Issue , 2013, Pages 278-290

  Bradley, S L ^a   Siddall, M ^b   Milne, G A ^c   Masson Delmotte, V ^d   Wolff, E ^a  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Antarctic Ice Sheet; Eustatic sea level; Ice cores; Ice sheet models; Isostasy; Last Interglacial

Indexed keywords

EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELS; ISOSTASY; LAST INTERGLACIAL;

DIGITAL STORAGE; DOMES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ICE;

ELEVATION; EUSTACY; GLACIOISOSTASY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ICE CORE; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SEA ICE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; WARMING;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84870536622     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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