Terminal Antarctic melting inferred from a far-field coastal site

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 116, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-132

  Mauz, Barbara ^a   Ruggieri, Gabriella ^b   Spada, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic; Continental levering; Holocene; Sea level highstand

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING; MELTING; WATER;

ANTARCTIC; ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; CONTINENTAL LEVERING; HOLOCENE SEA LEVEL; HOLOCENES; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

SEA LEVEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE; FLOW MODELING; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; ICE RETREAT; MELTING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84928235589     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.008     Document Type: Article

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