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North Atlantic Climate and Cryosphere Variability Over the Past 20,000 Years

Creator:

Sinclair, Gaylen

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Reconstructing the sensitivity of past climate to forcings, and of ancient glaciers and ice sheets to this climate, can allow us to better understand the range of climate and cryosphere behavior we may see in the coming centuries. The Arctic is a region of particular importance due to its well-documented...

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ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Gaylen Sinclair for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geology
Geochemical and Geostatisical Analyses of Quaternary Climate Variability over Millennial-to-Orbital Timescales

Creator:

Barth, Aaron M.

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The goal of dissertation research was to use geochemical, statistical and geological methods to constrain and understand climate variability over several different time scales. Specifically, I have addressed three questions regarding past climate change: (1) how does the record of Irish cirque glaciers constrain the dimensions of the Irish Ice...

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Dissertation

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, Jon Edwards, and Gaylen Sinclair. Special appreciation to the people with whom I shared my office