Exploration of a simple model for ice ages

GEM - International Journal on Geomathematics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-297

  Fowler, A C ^a,b   Rickaby, R E M ^b   Wolff, E W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbonate weathering; Energy balance model; Ice ages; Milankovi ; Proglacial lakes

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CARBONATE WEATHERING; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; GLACIAL TERMINATIONS; ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; PROGLACIAL LAKES; THERMALLY ACTIVATED;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIERS; LAKES; SUN; WEATHERING;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOMASS; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENERGY BALANCE; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE SHEET; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHERING;

EID: 84886799661     PISSN: 18692672     EISSN: 18692680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13137-012-0040-7     Document Type: Article

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