Holocene climatic changes in Greenland: Different deuterium excess signals at Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) and NorthGRIP

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Masson Delmotte, V ^a   Landais, A ^a   Stievenard, M ^a   Cattani, O ^a   Falourd, S ^a   Jouzel, J ^a   Johnsen, S J ^b   Dahl Jensen, D ^b   Sveinsbjornsdottir, A ^c   White, J W C ^d   Popp, T ^d   Fischer, H ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEUTERIUM; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; GREENLAND; WORLD;

EID: 24944481516     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005575     Document Type: Article

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