Influence of changing atmospheric circulation on precipitation δ18O-temperature relations in Canada during the Holocene

Quaternary Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Edwards, Thomas W D ^a   Wolfe, Brent B ^a   Macdonald, Glen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; PALAEOPRECIPITATION; PRECIPITATION/TEMPERATURE RELATIONSHIP;

CANADA;

EID: 0030370354     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1996.0061     Document Type: Article

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