Dynamic Antarctic ice sheet during the early to mid-Miocene

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

Volumn 113, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 3459-3464

  Gasson, Edward ^a   DeConto, Robert M ^a   Pollard, David ^b   Levy, Richard H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Antarctic ice sheet; Miocene; Oxygen isotopes; Sea level

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; SEA WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CLIMATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; LOWER MIOCENE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION;

EID: 84962183165     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516130113     Document Type: Article

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