Cyclic climate fluctuations during the last interglacial in central Europe

Geology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 449-452

  Müller, Ulrich C ^a,b   Klotz, Stefan ^c   Geyh, Mebus A ^d   Pross, Jörg ^a   Bond, Gerard C ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED GEOPHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climage change; Eemian; Environmental change; Europe; Solar activity

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FLUCTUATIONS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; INTERGLACIALS; POLLENS;

CLIMATOLOGY; GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CYCLICITY; EEMIAN; LAST INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

HEDERA; INSECTA;

EID: 20444459456     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G21321.1     Document Type: Article

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