Widespread collapse of the Ross Ice Shelf during the late Holocene

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2354-2359

  Yokoyama, Yusuke ^a,b   Anderson, John B ^c   Yamane, Masako ^a,b   Simkins, Lauren M ^c   Miyairi, Yosuke ^a   Yamazaki, Takahiro ^a   Koizumi, Mamito ^a   Suga, Hisami ^b   Kusahara, Kazuya ^d   Prothro, Lindsay ^c   Hasumi, Hiroyasu ^a   Southon, John R ^e   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Ice sheet; Ice shelf; Radiocarbon; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; CARBON 14;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE; COLLAPSE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINENTAL SHELF; ICE SHELF; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; WARMING;

EID: 84959419733     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516908113     Document Type: Article

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