The borehole temperature record of climate warming in the mid-continent of North America

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-45

  Gosnold, W D ^a   Todhunter, P E ^b   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a University of North Dakota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ground temperature histories; North America

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING; PRECIPITATION INCREASE; TEMPERATURE RECORD; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030740286     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(97)00002-7     Document Type: Article

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