Evidence for high-frequency late Glacial to mid-Holocene (16,800 to 5500 cal yr B.P.) climate variability from oxygen isotope values of Lough Inchiquin, Ireland

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-86

  Diefendorf, Aaron F ^a   Patterson, William P ^a   Mullins, Henry T ^b   Tibert, Neil ^c   Martini, Anna ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Holocene; Ireland; Lake sediment; Late Glacial; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY;

COUNTY CLARE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LOUGH INCHIQUIN; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 30444453256     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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