Millennial-scale climate changes on South Georgia, Southern Ocean

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 470-475

  Rosqvist, Gunhild C ^a   Schuber, Pernilla ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glacier fluctuations; Holocene; Millennial scale climate change; Proglacial lake sediments; South Georgia; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; HOLOCENE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE;

ANTARCTICA; SOUTH GEORGIA; SOUTHERN OCEAN;

EID: 0038375419     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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