Reconstruction of past climates from stable isotope records of palaeo-precipitation preserved in continental archives;Reconstitution des climats passés à partir de résultats d'isotopes stables des paléo-précipitations conservées dans les archives continentals

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 725-745

  Rozanski, K ^a   Johnsen, S J ^b   Schotterer, U ^c   Thompson, L G ^d  

^a AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; GROUNDWATER; ICE; ISOTOPES; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

PAST CLIMATES RECONSTRUCTION;

HYDROLOGY;

PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PALAEOPRECIPITATION;

EID: 0031251972     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626669709492069     Document Type: Article

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