Reconstruction of remote climate changes from borehole temperatures

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 47-57

  Bodri, L ^a   Cermak V ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borehole logging; Inversion; Remote climate change; Underground temperature

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE PROFILE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOTHERMAL DATA; PALAEOCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE HISTORY;

EID: 17144435987     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8181(97)00004-0     Document Type: Article

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