Quantification of the Greenland ice sheet contribution to Last Interglacial sea level rise

Climate of the Past

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 621-639

  Stone, E J ^a   Lunt, D J ^a   Annan, J D ^b   Hargreaves, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CLIMATE MODELING; ICE SHEET; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84881137642     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-9-621-2013     Document Type: Article

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