Modelling Greenland ice sheet inception and sustainability during the Late Pliocene

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 424, Issue , 2015, Pages 295-305

  Contoux, C ^a   Dumas, C ^b   Ramstein, G ^b   Jost, A ^c,d   Dolan, A M ^e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenland ice sheet; Ice sheet modelling; Paleoclimate modelling; Pliocene

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; ISOTOPES; SOLAR RADIATION;

COUPLED CLIMATE MODEL; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; ICE SHEET MODELLING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; PALEOCLIMATE MODELLING; PLIOCENE; REALISTIC CONDITIONS;

ICE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLACIATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTIAL MELTING; PLIOCENE; SUSTAINABILITY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84924274720     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.018     Document Type: Article

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