Rapid climate oscillations in the northeast Pacific during the last deglaciation reflect northern and southern hemisphere sources

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 112, Issue , 1999, Pages 127-148

  Mix, Alan C ^a   Lund, David C ^b   Pisias, Nicklas G ^a   Bodén, Per ^c   Bornmalm, Lennart ^d   Lyle, Mitch ^e   Pike, Jennifer ^f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0008399046     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM112p0127     Document Type: Chapter

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