West Antarctica's sensitivity to natural and human-forced climate change over the Holocene

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-48

  Mayewski, P A ^a   Maasch, K A ^a   Dixon, D ^a   Sneed, S B ^a   Oglesby, R ^b   Korotkikh, E ^a   Potocki, M ^a   Grigholm, B ^a   Kreutz, K ^a   Kurbatov, A V ^a   Spaulding, N ^a   Stager, J C ^a,c   Taylor, K C ^d   Steig, E J ^e   White, J ^f   Bertler, N A N ^g   Goodwin, I ^h   Simoes J C ⁱ   Jana R ^j   Kraus, S ^k   Fastook, J ^a,l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^g VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^h MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^j Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

^k SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

^l University of Maine   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Antarctica; Anthropogenic activity; Atmospheric circulation; Ice cores

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE CORE; OZONE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84873088825     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2593     Document Type: Article

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