Paleoclimatic variability inferred from the spectral analysis of Greenland and Antarctic ice-core data

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26441-26454

  Yiou, P ^a   Fuhrer, K ^b   Meeker, L D ^c,d   Jouzel, J ^a   Johnsen, S ^e,f   Mayewski, P A ^d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL FORCING; ICE CORE; PALAEOCLIMATE CHANGE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0031433761     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC00158     Document Type: Article

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