Millenial scale variations of the isotopic composition of atmospheric oxygen over Marine Isotopic Stage 4

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 101-113

  Landais, A ^a,b   Masson Delmotte, V ^b   Combourieu Nebout, N ^b   Jouzel, J ^b   Blunier, T ^c   Leuenberger, M ^c   Dahl Jensen, D ^d   Johnsen, S ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biosphere; Dansgaard Oeschger events; glacial; hydrological cycle; ice core; oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER EVENTS; ICE CORE; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEA LEVEL; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 34249319483     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.027     Document Type: Article

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