Rate and magnitude of past global climate changes

Environmental Geosciences

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 63-75

  Bluemle, John P ^a   Sabel, Joseph M ^b   Karlén, Wibjörn ^c  

^a North Dakota Geological Survey   (United States)

^b U S COAST GUARD   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic climate change; Glacier fluctuations; Greenhouse gases; Kyoto accord; Little ice age

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005924376     PISSN: 10759565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-0984.1999.08036.x     Document Type: Article

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