Precise dating of Dansgaard-Oeschger climate oscillations in western Europe from stalagmite data

Nature

Volumn 421, Issue 6925, 2003, Pages 833-837

  Genty, D ^a   Blamart, D ^a   Ouahdi, R ^a   Gilmour, M ^b   Baker, A ^c   Jouzel, J ^a   Van Exter, Sandra ^d  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; ISOTOPES; PULSATILE FLOW; VEGETATION;

CLIMATE OSCILLATIONS; GLACIAL PERIODS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON 14; THALLIUM; URANIUM;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; LAST GLACIAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; STALAGMITE;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COLD CLIMATE; EUROPE; FRANCE; ISRAEL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; COLD CLIMATE; FRANCE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMIDITY; ICE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037456292     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01391     Document Type: Article

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