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Holocene dynamics of the Arctic's largest ice shelf

Dermot Antoniades, Pierre Francus, Reinhard Pienitz, Guillaume St-Onge, and Warwick F. Vincent
  1. aCentre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6;
  2. bInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique: Eau, Terre et Environnement, Québec, QC, Canada G1K 9A9;
  3. cGEOTOP Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada H3C 3P8; and
  4. dInstitut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada G5L 3A1

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PNAS November 22, 2011 108 (47) 18899-18904; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1106378108
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  1. Edited by Eugene Domack, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, and accepted by the Editorial Board September 21, 2011 (received for review April 20, 2011)

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vol. 108 no. 47 18899-18904
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1106378108
PubMed: 
22025693

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National Academy of Sciences
Print ISSN: 
0027-8424
Online ISSN: 
1091-6490
History: 
  • Published in issue November 22, 2011.
  • Published first October 24, 2011.


Author Information

  1. Dermot Antoniadesa,1,2,
  2. Pierre Francusa,b,c,
  3. Reinhard Pienitza,
  4. Guillaume St-Ongec,d, and
  5. Warwick F. Vincenta
  1. aCentre d’études nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada G1V 0A6;
  2. bInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique: Eau, Terre et Environnement, Québec, QC, Canada G1K 9A9;
  3. cGEOTOP Research Center, Montréal, QC, Canada H3C 3P8; and
  4. dInstitut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, Canada G5L 3A1
  1. Edited by Eugene Domack, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, and accepted by the Editorial Board September 21, 2011 (received for review April 20, 2011)

Footnotes

  • ↵1Present address: Sección Limnología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo, 11400, Uruguay.

  • ↵2To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: dermot.antoniades{at}cen.ulaval.ca.
  • Author contributions: D.A. and W.F.V. designed research; D.A., P.F., G.S.-O., and W.F.V. performed research; D.A., P.F., R.P., G.S.-O., and W.F.V. analyzed data; and D.A., P.F., R.P., G.S.-O., and W.F.V. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. E.D. is a guest editor invited by the Editorial Board.

  • See Commentary on page 18859.

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1106378108/-/DCSupplemental.

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