Abrupt early to mid-holocene climatic transition registered at the equator and the poles

Science

Volumn 276, Issue 5320, 1997, Pages 1834-1836

  Stager, J C ^a,b   Mayewski, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HOLOCENE; PALAEOCLIMATE;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE; GREENLAND; POLLEN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, (EAST); ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0030761779     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.276.5320.1834     Document Type: Article

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49. We thank the NSF for financial support for the TD ice core project; the Polar Ice Coring Office (University of Alaska) drillers, notably D. Giles; the Antarctic Support Associates personnel for camp support and logistics; Squadron VXE6 and the New York Air National Guard (TAG 109) for air support; P. Grootes, E. Steig, M. Stuiver, D. Morse, E. Waddington, and other colleagues at the University of Washington for organizing, collecting, and dating the TD ice core; and K. Beuning, B. Cumming, S. Grimm, T. Johnson, K. Laird, D. Livingstone, M. Martin, L. Meeker, Paul Smith's College, and J. Smol for support in the Lake Victoria project.