Holocene climate variations in the western Antarctic Peninsula: Evidence for sea ice extent predominantly controlled by changes in insolation and ENSO variability

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1431-1446

  Etourneau, J ^a   Collins, L G ^a   Willmott, V ^b   Kim, J H ^b   Barbara, L ^c   Leventer, A ^d   Schouten, S ^b   Sinninghe Damste J S ^b   Bianchini, A ^d   Klein, V ^a   Crosta, X ^c   Masse G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DIATOM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEA ICE; WATER COLUMN;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84880894615     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-1431-2013     Document Type: Article

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