The impact of dynamic topography change on antarctic ice sheet stability during the mid-pliocene warm period

Geology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 927-930

  Austermann, Jacqueline ^a   Pollard, David ^b   Mitrovica, Jerry X ^a   Moucha, Robert ^c   Forte, Alessandro M ^d   DeConto, Robert M ^e   Rowley, David B ^f   Raymo, Maureen E ^g  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIERS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT CONVECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; DYNAMIC TOPOGRAPHY; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ICE SHEET MODELS; ICE-SHEET RETREAT; MANTLE CONVECTIVE FLOW; VERTICAL DEFLECTIONS;

ICE;

BEDROCK; ELEVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PLIOCENE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; EAST ANTARCTICA; WILKES SUBGLACIAL BASIN;

EID: 84980349775     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G36988.1     Document Type: Article

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