Holocene climate optimum and last glacial maximum in the Mediterranean: The marine oxygen isotope record

Marine Geology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 57-75

  Rohling, Eelco J ^a   De Rijk, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; Mediterranean; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimatology

Indexed keywords

FORAMINIFERA; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032956611     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00020-6     Document Type: Article

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