Sudden climate transitions during the Quaternary

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-36

  Adams, Jonathan ^a   Maslin, Mark ^b   Thomas, Ellen ^c,d  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Heinrich events; Interstadials; Quaternary; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEINRICH EVENT; INTERSTADIAL; QUATERNARY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 0032917675     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/030913399670425018     Document Type: Article

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