Natural climatic variability as an explanation for historical climatic fluctuations

Climatic Change

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-157

  Hunt, B G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALAEOCLIMATE;

EID: 0031912003     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005375116985     Document Type: Article

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