Glacial fluctuations since the ‘Medieval Warm Period’ at Rothera Point (western Antarctic Peninsula)

Holocene

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 154-158

  Guglielmin, Mauro ^a   Convey, Peter ^b   Malfasi, Francesco ^a   Cannone, Nicoletta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; climate change; glaciers; Holocene; mosses; radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIER RETREAT; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MOSS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RADIOCARBON DATING; SNOW ACCUMULATION;

ADELAIDE ISLAND; ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MARGUERITE BAY; ROTHERA POINT; WEST ANTARCTICA;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84951859089     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683615596827     Document Type: Article

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