Future climatic changes: Are we entering an exceptionally long interglacial?

Climatic Change

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 61-90

  Loutre, M F ^a   Berger, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIATION; MODEL; SIMULATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; FUTURE PROSPECT; INTERGLACIAL;

EID: 0033937169     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005559827189     Document Type: Article

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