Middle Holocene dry climate caused by change in atmospheric circulation patterns: Evidence from lake levels and stable isotopes

Geology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-254

  Yu, Zicheng ^a,b   McAndrews, John H ^a,b   Eicher, Ueli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; MOISTURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION PATTERNS; GREAT LAKES REGIONS; METEORIC WATERS; MOISTURE SOURCES; ONTARIO , CANADA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEOPRECIPITATION; PALEOTEMPERATURES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; STABLE ISOTOPES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE; CLIMATE; DRY CLIMATE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; LAKE WATER LEVEL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CRAWFORD LAKE; GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; GULF OF MEXICO; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); ONTARIO;

EID: 0030665736     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)025<0251:MHDCCB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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