The 8k event: Cause and consequences of a major Holocene abrupt climate change

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 10-11, 2005, Pages 1123-1149

  Alley, Richard B ^a   Ágústsdóttir, Anna Maria ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Soil Conservation Service   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; HYDROLOGY; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ATLANTIC FRESHENING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATIC REALM; VEGETATIVE PATTERNS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; FRESHWATER INPUT; HOLOCENE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; OUTBURST; PALEOCLIMATE;

EID: 14944357365     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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