Abrupt climate changes: From the past to the future - a review

International Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-374

  Stocker, T F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Deglaciation; Paleoclimate; Thermohaline circulation; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 0033401291     PISSN: 14373254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005310050271     Document Type: Review

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