What do cosmogenic isotopes tell us about past solar forcing of climate?

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 125, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 95-109

  Lockwood, M ^a,b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cosmogenic isotopes; Galactic cosmic rays; Paleoclimate changes; Total solar irradiance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; COSMIC RAYS; GALAXIES; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION;

COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES; GALACTIC COSMIC RAYS; PALEOCLIMATE CHANGES; TOTAL SOLAR IRRADIANCE;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 33847266923     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-006-9049-2     Document Type: Article

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