On solar forcing of holocene climate: Evidence from Scandinavia

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-365

  Karlén, Wibjörn ^a   Kuylenstierna, Johan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

climatic change; glacier variations; Holocene; radiocarbon anomalies; Scandinavia; solar variability; tree line; 14C

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; SOLAR FORCING; SOLAR VARIABILITY; TREELINE;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0029660804     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600311     Document Type: Review

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