Sentences with phrase «glacial history»

This unpleasant fact undermines efforts to relate glacial history to proxy data like lake - level history, which are sensitive only to annual means.

Clapperton, C M and Sugden, D E 1982 Late Quaternary glacial history of George VI Sound area, West Antarctica Quaternary Research 18, 243 - 267.

Banfield, L.A., and Anderson, J.B., 1995, Seismic Facies Investigation of Late Quaternary Glacial History of Bransfield Basin, Antarctica, AGU Antarctic Research Series, v. 68, 123 - 140.

It also involves research into glacial history and the reconstruction of past glaciation, thus providing insights into the ice ages.

Recent glacial history and rapid ice stream retreat in the Amundsen Sea.

Although in agreement with the orbital forcing and the Holocene glacial history, increasing storm frequency and intensity is most probably partly biased by continuous sea - level rise and resulting erosion.

Tarasov, L. & Peltier, W. R. Greenland glacial history and local geodynamic consequences.

[Also, just to give an idea of the change we are talking about, 5 degrees Celsius might not sound like much, but that is the difference in global average temperature between the coldest period of an ice age and the hottest period of a warm period or «interglacial» in the Earth's glacial history in the modern epoch.]

Pope, P.G. and Anderson, J.B., 1992, Late Quaternary glacial history of the northern Antarctic Peninsula's western continental shelf: Evidence from the marine record, in Elliot, D.H. ed., Contributions to Antarctic Research III, Antarctic Research Series, Volume 57, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., p. 63 - 91.

Kennedy, D.S. and Anderson, J.B., 1989, Quaternary glacial history of Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula: Quaternary Research, v. 31, p. 255 - 276.

Researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute have now more closely analysed the glacial history of the central Arctic with the help of sediment core data and climate simulations.

Herron, M.J. and Anderson, J.B., 1989, Late Quaternary glacial history of the South Orkney Plateau, Antarctica: Quaternary Research, v. 33, p. 265 - 275.

The Alexander Island Project is a continuation of our James Ross Island project, entitled «Glacial history of the NE Antarctic Peninsula over centennial to millennial timescales».

However, given NZ tectonic and glacial history, I would argue that it is not exactly the best place in the world to be projecting global conclusions about sealevel rise from.

The goals of the selected stops are to underscore the current understanding of the late glacial history of the western Superior basin and to provide new insights to spark discussion.

Mariana Esteves is currently working on reconstructing the glacial history of the central Barents Sea in the Arctic.

During two months in early 2019, we will collect several sediment records from Amundsen Sea, which we can then use to reconstruct the glacial history of West Antarctic Ice Sheet and identify the processes of importance for ice retreat in the area.»

The sediment records collected during the IODP Expedition 379 will enable scientists to better understand the glacial history of the area and the environmental impact of this enormous ice sheet.

Although you do ok in terms of fluid dynamic equations and fluid motion you really have no idea about the real effect of water vapour on radiative transference and the effects of clouds let alone dust and glacial history.

The degree of estimated rebound depends on the region and more importantly 1) uncertain estimates of the mantle's viscosity below the bedrock and 2) assumptions about the glacial history of Antarctica.