Palaeotemperature reconstructions of the European permafrost zone during marine oxygen isotope Stage 3 compared with climate model results

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 453-464

  Van Huissteden, Ko ^a   Vandenberghe, Jef ^a   Pollard, David ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate model; Europe; Ice wedges; Marine oxygen isotope Stage 3; Palaeoclimate; Periglacial features

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; QUATERNARY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0043270525     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.766     Document Type: Article

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