Revised estimates of Greenland ice sheet thinning histories based on ice-core records

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-82

  Lecavalier, Benoit S ^a   Milne, Glenn A ^a   Vinther, Bo M ^b   Fisher, David A ^a,c   Dyke, Arthur S ^c   Simpson, Matthew J R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN MAPPING AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Glacial isostatic adjustment; Greenland ice sheet; Ice core isotope records; Ice sheet reconstruction; Relative sea level

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPE RECORD; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

CORE ANALYSIS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; LOADING; SEA LEVEL; SNOW; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ICE;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; GLACIAL LAKE AGASSIZ; GLACIOEUSTACY; GLACIOISOSTASY; GRIP; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; ICE THICKNESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RECONSTRUCTION; UPLIFT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84872722919     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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