Late Pleistocene and early Holocene change in the Weddell Sea: A new climate record from the Patriot Hills, Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 697-704

  Turney, Chris ^a   Fogwill, Chris ^a   Van Ommen, Tas D ^b,c   Moy, Andrew D ^b,c   Etheridge, David ^d   Rubino, Mauro ^d   Curran, Mark A J ^b,c   Rivera, Andrés ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d Bureau of Meteorology Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Blue Ice Area; Katabatic winds; Meridional Overturning Circulation; Sea ice; Southern Annular Mode; West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DEUTERIUM; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; UPWELLING;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); ELLSWORTH MOUNTAINS; SOUTHERN OCEAN; WEDDELL SEA; WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84885694195     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2668     Document Type: Article

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