Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to atmospheric CO 2 variations in the early to mid-Miocene

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

Volumn 113, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 3453-3458

  Levy, Richard ^a   Harwood, David ^b   Florindo, Fabio ^c   Sangiorgi, Francesca ^d   Tripati, Robert ^e   von Eynatten, Hilmar ^f   Gasson, Edward ^g   Kuhn, Gerhard ^h   Tripati, Aradhna ^e   Deconto, Robert ^g   Fielding, Christopher ^b   Field, Brad ^a   Golledge, Nicholas ^a,i   McKay, Robert ⁱ   Naish, Timothy ^a,i   Olney, Mathew ^j   Pollard, David ^k   Schouten, Stefan ^l   Talarico, Franco ^m   Warny, Sophie ⁿ   Willmott, Veronica ^h   Acton, Gary ^o,s   Panter, Kurt ^p   Paulsen, Timothy ^q   Taviani, Marco ^r   Askin, Rosemary ^t   Atkins, Clifford ⁱ   Bassett, Kari ^u   Beu, Alan ^a   Blackstone, Brian ^b   Browne, Gregory ^a   Ceregato, Alessandro ^v   Cody, Rosemary ⁱ   Cornamusini, Gianluca ^m   Corrado, Sveva ^w   Del Carlo, Paola ^x   Di Vincenzo, Gianfranco ^y   Dunbar, Gavin ⁱ   Falk, Candice ^z   Frank, Tracy ^b   Giorgetti, Giovanna ^m   Grelle, Thomas ^aa   Gui, Zi ^b   Handwerger, David ^t   Hannah, Michael ⁱ   Harwood, David M ^b   Hauptvogel, Dan ^z   Hayden, Travis ^ab   Henrys, Stuart ^a   Hoffmann, Stefan ^f   Iacoviello, Francesco ^m   Ishman, Scott ^ac   Jarrard, Richard ^ad   Johnson, Katherine ^ae   Jovane, Luigi ^s   Judge, Shelley ^af   Kominz, Michelle ^ab   Konfirst, Matthew ^ag   Krissek, Lawrence ^ah   Lacy, Laura ^b   Maffioli, Paola ^ai   Magens, Diana ^h   Marcano, Maria C ^aj   Millan, Cristina ^ah   Mohr, Barbara ^ak   Montone, Paola ^c   Mukasa, Samuel ^aj   Niessen, Frank ^h   Ohneiser, Christian ^al   Passchier, Sandra ^z   Patterson, Molly ^g   Pekar, Stephen ^am   Pierdominici, Simona ^c   Raine, Ian ^a   Reed, Joshua ^b   Reichelt, Lucia ^h   Riesselman, Christina ^al   Rocchi, Sergio ^an   Sagnotti, Leonardo ^c   Sandroni, Sonia ^ao   Schmitt, Douglas ^ap   Speece, Marvin ^aq   Storey, Bryan ^u   Strada, Eleonora ^m   Tuzzi, Eva ^b   Verosub, Kenneth ^s   Wilson, Gary ^al   Wilson, Terry ^ah   Wonik, Thomas ^aa   Zattin, Massimiliano ^ar   more..

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^h ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

ⁱ VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^j HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^k PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^m UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

ⁿ LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^r ISMAR CNR   (Italy)

^s UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^t Environment and Earth Sciences ^*  (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^v CNR   (Italy)

^w ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^x Istituto Nazionale di Geo sica e Vulcanologia Sezione di Pisa   (Italy)

^y CNR   (Italy)

^z MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^aa LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

^ab WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ac SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^ae EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^af 931 College Mall   (United States)

^ag NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ah OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^ak Museum of Natural History   (Germany)

^al UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^am CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^an UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^ao Museo Nazionale dell'Antartide   (Italy)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^aq MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Antarctica; Climate Optimum; Ice sheet; Miocene; Ross Sea

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC CLIMATE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOSSIL; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEAT; ICE SHEET; LATITUDE; MIDDLE MIOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 84962183310     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1516030113     Document Type: Article

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