Stable carbon isotope variations in northwest Europe during the last glacial-interglacial transition

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 339-344

  Turney, Chris S M ^a,b   Beerling, David J ^c   Harkness, Douglas D ^b   Lowe, J John ^a   Scott, E Marian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibrated radiocarbon dates; GRIP 18O record; Late glacial; Norway; Terrestrial plant macrofossil 13C; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001134287     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199707/08)12:4<339::AID-JQS317>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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