Abrupt Bølling warming and ice saddle collapse contributions to the Meltwater Pulse 1a rapid sea level rise

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 9130-9137

  Gregoire, Lauren J ^a   Otto Bliesner, Bette ^b   Valdes, Paul J ^c   Ivanovic, Ruza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abrupt warming; B lling; Meltwater Pulse 1a; North American ice sheet; sea level rise

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIERS; SEA LEVEL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; ABRUPT WARMING; CLIMATE SIMULATION; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER PULSE 1A; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; SEA LEVEL RISE;

ICE;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COLLAPSE STRUCTURE; ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; PERTURBATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WARMING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84987771060     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070356     Document Type: Article

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