The relative contribution of orbital forcing and greenhouse gases to the North American deglaciation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 9970-9979

  Gregoire, Lauren J ^a   Valdes, Paul J ^b   Payne, Antony J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deglaciation; greenhouse gases; ice sheets; Milankovic; North America; orbit

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLACIERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ORBITS;

DEGLACIATIONS; ICE SHEET; MILANKOVIC; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; OCEAN ATMOSPHERE GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION;

ICE;

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN COUPLING; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE SHEET; LAST DEGLACIATION; MELTING; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; ORBITAL FORCING; VOLUME CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84956906669     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066005     Document Type: Article

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