Antarctic Peninsula Climate Variability: Historical and Paleoenvironmental Perspectives

Title page\r......Page 4
Copyright page\r......Page 5
Contents\r......Page 6
Preface\r......Page 8
List of Reviewers\r......Page 9
GEOLOGIC AND GEOMORPGOLOGIC BACKGTOUND......Page 10
THE MARINE PERSPECTIVE......Page 13
PALEOCLIMATE ARCHIVES......Page 16
METEROLOGIC PERSPECTIVE......Page 18
REFERENCES......Page 19
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 23
2. THE CLIMATE OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA AND THE FACTORS THAT CONTROL IT......Page 24
3. OBSERVED PATTERNS OF TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE......Page 27
4. CAUSES OF VARIABILITY AND CHANGE......Page 29
5. CONCLUSIONS......Page 33
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2. SOME ASPECTS OF THE CLIMATOLOGY OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA REGION......Page 37
3. INTERACTIONS OF ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND SEA ICE......Page 40
4. TELECONNECTIONS AND REMOTE INFLUENCES ON THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA......Page 43
5. CLIMATIC INFLUENCE ON PENINSULA ICE SHELVES......Page 44
6. CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 45
REFERENCES......Page 46
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 49
2. MODEL AND METHODS......Page 50
3. RESULTS......Page 52
4. CONCLUSIONS......Page 61
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2. DATA......Page 65
3. ANALYSIS......Page 68
4. ICE-SHELF DISTRIBUTION......Page 71
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1. INTRODUCTION......Page 73
2. CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IN THE NORTHEASTERNAP DURING THE 20TH CENTURY......Page 74
3. THINNING AND MASS BALANCE OF GLACIERS IN THE NORTHEASTERN AP......Page 75
4. RETREAT AND DISINTEGRATION OF NORTHERN LARSEN ICE SHELF......Page 76
5. DISCUSSION......Page 80
REFERENCES......Page 81
INTRODUCTION......Page 83
RECENT SHELF BREAKUP EVENTS......Page 84
CLIMATE WARMING, MELT SEASON LENGTH, AND MELT PONDS......Page 86
THE CLIMATE-INDUCED BREAKUP PROCESS......Page 88
REMOTE DETECTION OF PRE-BREAKUP CONDITIONS ON ICE SHELVES......Page 92
SUMMARY......Page 94
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1. INTRODUCTION......Page 97
3. GLACIATION HISTORY AND THE RAISED MARINE SHORELINES......Page 98
7. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 100
REFERENCES......Page 102
INTRODUCTION......Page 105
GLACIAL FEATURES......Page 106
MARINE FEATURES......Page 109
EXTENT OF THE LGM ICE CAP......Page 112
DEGLACIATION......Page 113
REFERENCES......Page 114
INTRODUCTION......Page 116
MODERN CONTEXT......Page 117
EXISTING ICE CORE HISTORIES FROM THE PENINSULA REGIO......Page 118
CONCLUSION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?......Page 125
REFERENCES......Page 127
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 129
2. TEMPERATURE AND SEA ICE......Page 130
3. PHYTOPLANKTON AND SEA BIRDS......Page 134
4. SUMMARY......Page 138
REFERENCES......Page 140
INTRODUCTION......Page 143
RESPONSES TO CONTEMPORARY CHANGE......Page 145
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE......Page 150
REFERENCES......Page 151
INTRODUCTION......Page 157
LOCATION DESCRIPTION......Page 158
RESULTS......Page 160
DISCUSSION......Page 161
CONCLUSIONS......Page 165
REFERENCES......Page 166
INTRODUCTION......Page 169
METHODS......Page 170
RESULTS......Page 171
DISCUSSION......Page 173
REFERENCES......Page 177
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 179
2. STUDY AREA......Page 180
4. RESULTS......Page 182
5. DISCUSSION......Page 184
6. CONCLUSIONS......Page 187
REFERENCES......Page 189
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 191
3. OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS......Page 193
4. CONCLUSIONS......Page 198
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1. INTRODUCTION......Page 201
2. METHODS......Page 203
3. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION......Page 205
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1. INTRODUCTION......Page 221
5. RESULTS......Page 223
6. ORIGIN OF LAYERED DIATOM OOZE......Page 225
8. CONCLUSION......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 233
INTRODUCTION......Page 235
MATERIAL AND METHODS......Page 236
RESULTS......Page 247
DISCUSSION......Page 249
CONCLUSIONS......Page 254
REFERENCES......Page 255