Holocene climate variability in Europe: Evidence from δ18O, textural and extension-rate variations in three speleothems

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 1021-1038

  McDermott, Frank ^a   Frisia, Silvia ^b   Huang, Yiming ^c,d   Longinelli, Antonio ^e   Spiro, Baruch ^f   Heaton, Tim H E ^f   Hawkesworth, Chris J ^c   Borsato, Andrea ^b   Keppens, Eddy ^g   Fairchild, Ian J ^d   Van der Borg, Klaas ^h   Verheyden, Sophie ^g   Selmo, Enrico ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MUSEO TRIDENTINO DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^g VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^h UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; SPELEOTHEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033167133     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00107-3     Document Type: Article

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