Evidence for stratigraphic distortion in the Greenland Ice Core Project (GRIP) ice core during event 5e1 (120 kyr BP) from gas isotopes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Landais, Amaelle ^a   Steffensen, Jørgen Peder ^b   Caillon, Nicolas ^a   Jouzel, Jean ^a   Masson Delmotte, Valérie ^a   Schwander, Jakob ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air isotopic composition; Ice core; Rapid climatic change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOCLIMATE; STRATIGRAPHY;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 2642531160     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003jd004193     Document Type: Article

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