The Younger Dryas and Holocene climate record of a stalagmite from Hölloch Cave (Bavarian Alps, Germany)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-298

  Wurth, Georg ^a   Niggemann, Stefan ^a   Richter, Detlev K ^a   Mangini, Augusto ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alps; Holocene; Palaeoclimate; Stable isotopes; Stalagmite; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STALAGMITE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALPS; BAVARIAN ALPS; CENTRAL ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 2342584793     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.837     Document Type: Article

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