Centennial-scale climate cooling with a sudden cold event around 8,200 years ago

Nature

Volumn 434, Issue 7036, 2005, Pages 975-979

  Rohling, Eelco J ^a   Pälike, Heiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CLIMATE COOLING; HOLOCENE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GLACIER; GREENLAND; HOLOCENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 17844388557     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03421     Document Type: Review

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