Increased aridity during the early Holocene in West Greenland inferred from stable isotopes in laminated-lake sediments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 841-849

  Anderson, N John ^a,c   Leng, Melanie J ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; EVAPORATION; ICE; ISOTOPES; LAKES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROBABILITY; SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE VARIABILITY; ICE CORES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARIDITY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; WEST GREENLAND;

EID: 1642263420     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.06.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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