Interaction of ice sheets and climate during the past 800 000 years

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2135-2152

  Stap, L B ^a   Van De Wal, R S W ^a   De Boer, B ^a,b   Bintanja, R ^c   Lourens, L J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CENOZOIC; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; ENERGY BALANCE; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SIMULATION; TIMESCALE;

EID: 84916198339     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-2135-2014     Document Type: Article

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