Twentieth century sea-ice trends in the Ross Sea from a high-resolution, coastal ice-core record

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 3510-3516

  Sinclair, Kate E ^a   Bertler, Nancy A N ^a,b   Bowen, Melissa M ^c   Arrigo, Kevin R ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate; Geochemistry; Ice core; Sea ice

Indexed keywords

FISHERIES; GEOCHEMISTRY;

ANTARCTICA; CLIMATE; DEUTERIUM EXCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE CORE; METHANESULPHONIC ACID; OCEAN TEMPERATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

SEA ICE;

COASTAL ZONE; DEUTERIUM; GEOCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; TREND ANALYSIS; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ANTARCTICA; ROSS SEA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84902256168     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2014GL059821     Document Type: Article

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