A 2000-year context for modern climate change

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-15

  Maasch, Kirk Allen ^a   Mayewski, Paul Andrew ^a   Rohling, Eelco J ^b   Stager, J Curt ^c   Karlén, Wibjörn ^d   Meeker, L David ^e   Meyerson, Eric A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c PAUL SMITH S COLLEGE   (United States)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Univ of New Hampshire   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

EID: 20844447676     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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