Interhemispheric coupling, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and warm Antarctic interglacials

Holden, P. B.; Edwards, N. R.; Wolff, E. W.; Lang, N. J.; Singarayer, J. S.; Valdes, P. J.; Stocker, T. F.

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Interhemispheric coupling, the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and warm Antarctic interglacials

P. B. Holden, N. R. Edwards, E. W. Wolff, N. J. Lang, J. S. Singarayer, P. J. Valdes, and T. F. Stocker

P. B. Holden

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

N. R. Edwards

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

E. W. Wolff

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

N. J. Lang

British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

J. S. Singarayer

School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

P. J. Valdes

School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

T. F. Stocker

Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

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