Climate and groundwater recharge during the last glaciation in an ice- covered region

Science

Volumn 282, Issue 5389, 1998, Pages 731-734

  Beyerle, Urs ^a   Purtschert, Roland ^b   Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^a   Imboden, Dieter M ^a   Loosli, Heinz H ^b   Wieler, Rainer ^a   Kipfer, Rolf ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; DEUTERIUM; GROUND WATER; ICE; OXYGEN 18;

GROUNDWATER; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RECHARGE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; EUROPE; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0032561494     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.282.5389.731     Document Type: Article

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