Did humankind prevent a holocene glaciation? Comment on Ruddiman's hypothesis of a pre-historic anthropocene

Climatic Change

Volumn 69, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 409-417

  Claussen, Martin ^a,b   Brovkin, Victor ^a   Calov, Reinhard ^a   Ganopolski, Andrey ^a   Kubatzki, Claudia ^a  

^a POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EARTH (PLANET); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

ANTHROPOCENE; CLIMATE VARIATIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE;

EID: 18744370262     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-005-7276-2     Document Type: Review

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