Antarctic climate and vegetation during the Neogene: a geochemical and modelling approach
During the mid- to late Neogene (20 - 2.5 million years ago), episodic retreat of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) coincided with periods of higher-than-present atmospheric CO2, indicating ice sheet sensitivity to climatic conditions similar to those projected for the coming decades. Understanding Anta...
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University of Leeds
2016
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Online Access: | https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15445/ https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15445/1/RhianRees-Owen_PhDthesis_final.pdf |