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...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Glaciology
Main Authors: Lindstrom, D.R., MacAyeal, D.R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 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