Are late-glacial climate oscillations recorded in varves of the upper connecticut valley, Northeastern United States?

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Volumn 121, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-193

  Ridge, John C ^a   Toll, Nathaniel J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deglaciation; Ice core records; Lacustrine deposition; Late wisconsinan; Ne united states; Radiocarbon time scale; Varve chronology; Varve deposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040035011     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035899901213187     Document Type: Article

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