Younger dryas research and its implications for understanding abrupt climatic change

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 230-249

  Anderson, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic change; North Atlantic; Thermohaline circulation; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 0031407266     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030913339702100203     Document Type: Article

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