Modeling the oxygen isotope composition of the Antarctic ice sheet and its significance to Pliocene sea level

Geology

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 827-830

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEETS; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GLOBAL MEAN SEA LEVELS; ICE SHEET MODELS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

ICE;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; ICE SHEET; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MODELING; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET; ANTARCTICA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84991200360     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G38104.1     Document Type: Article

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