Refining estimates of polar ice volumes during the MIS11 interglacial using sea level records from South Africa

Journal of Climate

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8740-8746

  Chen, Florence ^a   Friedman, Sarah ^a   Gertler, Charles G ^a   Looney, James ^a   O'Connell, Nizhoni ^a   Sierks, Katie ^a   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EUSTATIC SEA LEVEL; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; GEOGRAPHIC VARIABILITY; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; POLAR ICE SHEETS; SEALEVEL CHANGE;

SEA LEVEL;

EUSTACY; ICE SHEET; INTERGLACIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MELTING; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND; SOUTH AFRICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84919681364     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00282.1     Document Type: Article

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