Environmental Constraints on West Antarctic Ice-Sheet Formation
Abstract Small perturbations in Antarctic environ-mental conditions can culminate in the demise of the Antarctic ice sheet’s western sector. This may have happened during the last interglacial period, and could recur within the next millennium due to atmospheric warming from trace gas and CO 2 incre...
Published in: | Journal of Glaciology |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press (CUP)
1987
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022143000008947 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0022143000008947 |