Evidence against a significant younger dryas cooling event in New Zealand

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5378, 1998, Pages 812-814

  Singer, Christiane ^a   Shulmeister, James ^a   McLea, Bill ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NEW ZEALAND; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032493908     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5378.812     Document Type: Article

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21. Supported by a grant from Victoria University to J.S. We thank O. Lian and W. Dickinson for reviewing drafts of the manuscript and the New Zealand Department of Conservation for permission to work in Kahurangi National Park.