Oxygen isotopes of lake marl at Gerzensee and Leysin (Switzerland), covering the Younger Dryas and two minor oscillations, and their correlation to the GRIP ice core

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 203-214

  Schwander, Jakob ^a   Eicher, Ueli ^a   Ammann, Brigitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chronology; Climate change; Ice core; Lake sediment; Oxygen isotopes; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

GRIP; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; MARL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034659968     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00085-7     Document Type: Article

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