The Younger Dryas cold interval as viewed from central Greenland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 1-5, 2000, Pages 213-226

  Alley, Richard B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0033960013     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00062-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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