Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age and 20th century temperature variability from Chesapeake Bay

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 17-29

  Cronin, T M ^a   Dwyer, G S ^b   Kamiya, T ^c   Schwede, S ^a   Willard, D A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

20th Century climate; Holocene; Little Ice Age; Medieval Warm Period; North Atlantic Oscillation; Paleoclimatology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037371561     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00161-3     Document Type: Article

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