Calibration of the speleothem delta function: An absolute temperature record for the Holocene in northern Norway

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 659-669

  Lauritzen, Stein Erik ^a   Lundberg, Joyce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

18O; Holocene; Norway; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Proxy; Speleothem; Speleothem delta function; Transfer function; Uranium thorium dating

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM; TEMPERATURE;

NORWAY;

EID: 0032745799     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399667823929     Document Type: Article

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