Rapid thinning of the late Pleistocene Patagonian Ice Sheet followed migration of the Southern Westerlies

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Boex, J ^a   Fogwill, C ^a,b   Harrison, S ^a   Glasser, N F ^c   Hein, A ^e   Schnabel, C ^d   Xu, S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84880119219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02118     Document Type: Article

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