Testing the sensitivity of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to Southern Ocean dynamics: Past changes and future implications

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-98

  Fogwill, Christopher J ^a   Turney, Christian S M ^a   Meissner, Katrin J ^a   Golledge, Nicholas R ^b,c   Spence, Paul ^a   Roberts, Jason L ^d,e   England, Mathew H ^a   Jones, Richard T ^f   Carter, Lionel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

East Antarctic Ice Sheet; Last Interglacial; Southern Annual Mode; Southern Hemisphere Westerlies; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

ICE SHEET; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; WARMING; WESTERLY;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84890962068     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2683     Document Type: Article

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