Antarctic contribution to meltwater pulse 1A from reduced Southern Ocean overturning

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Golledge, N R ^a,b   Menviel, L ^c,d   Carter, L ^a   Fogwill, C J ^c   England, M H ^c,d   Cortese, G ^b   Levy, R H ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

HEINRICH EVENT; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL; LATITUDE; MELTWATER; OVERTURN; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UPWELLING;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLOW RATE; GLACIER; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ICE SHEET; ICEBERG; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SEA; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TEMPERATURE; WARMING;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 84909627956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6107     Document Type: Article

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