Climate Change During the Last Deglaciation in Antarctica

Mayewski1, Twickler, Whitlow

  • 1P. A. Mayewski, M. S. Twickler, S. I. Whitlow, Q. Yang, J. Thomas, K. Kreutz, Climate Change Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, and Department of Earth Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA. L. D. Meeker, Climate Change Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, and Department of Mathematics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA. P. M. Grootes and E. J. Steig, Quaternary Research Center AK-60, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. D. L. Morse and E. D. Waddington, Geophysics Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. E. S. Saltzman, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA. P.-Y. Whung, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, Ocean Chemistry Division, and Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33149, USA. K. C. Taylor, Water Resources Center, Desert Research Institute, University and Community College System of Nevada, Reno, NV 89506, USA.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|June 14, 1996
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