Abrupt changes in North American climate during early Holocene times

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6743, 1999, Pages 437-440

  Hu, F S ^a   Slawinski, D ^b   Wright Jr , H E ^b   Ito, E ^b   Johnson, R G ^b   Kelts, K R ^b   McEwan, R F ^b   Boedlgheimer, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; VARVE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0033615020     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/22728     Document Type: Article

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