The δ18O record along the Greenland Ice Core Project deep ice core and the problem of possible Eemian climatic instability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 102, Issue C12, 1997, Pages 26397-26410

  Johnsen, Sigfús J ^a,b   Clausen, Henrik B ^b   Dansgaard, Willi ^b   Gundestrup, Niels S ^b   Hammer, Claus U ^b   Andersen, Uffe ^b   Andersen, Katrine K ^b   Hvidberg, Christine S ^b   Dahl Jensen, Dorthe ^b   Steffensen, Jørgen P ^b   Shoji, Hitoshi ^c   Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Ámy E ^a   White, Jim ^d   Jouzel, Jean ^e   Fisher, David ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e DIF   (France)

^f GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE INSTABILITY; EEMIAN; GRIP; OXYGEN-18; PALAEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0031448156     PISSN: 21699275     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JC0016     Document Type: Article

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