Greenland Ice Sheet sensitivity Pliocene
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S. J. Koenig, A. M. Dolan, B. de Boer, E. J. Stone, D. J. Hill, R. M. DeConto, A. Abe-Ouchi, D. J. Lunt, D. Pollard, A. Quiquet, F. Saito, J. Savage, and R. van de Wal Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 611 N. Pleasant St, Amherst, MA 01003, USA School of Earth and Environment, Earth and Environment Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, the Netherlands Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research, Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80005, 3508 TA Utrecht, the Netherlands School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Road, Bristol, BS8 1SS, UK British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham, UK
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تاریخ انتشار 2014