Isotopic 'events' in the GRIP ice core: A stratotype for the Late Pleistocene

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 10-11, 1999, Pages 1143-1150

  Walker, M J C ^a   Bjorck S ^b   Lowe, J J ^c   Cwynar, L C ^d   Johnsen, S ^e   Knudsen, K L ^f   Wohlfarth, B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; GRIP; ICE CORE; LAST DEGLACIATION; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 0033179210     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00023-2     Document Type: Article

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