Precise timing and characterization of abrupt climate change 8200 years ago from air trapped in polar ice

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1212-1222

  Kobashi, Takuro ^a   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^a   Brook, Edward J ^b   Barnola, Jean Marc ^c   Grachev, Alexi M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLACIERS; ISOTOPES; METHANE; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GREENLAND TEMPERATURE; POLAR ICE; TERRESTRIAL HYDROLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ICE CORE; METHANE; NITROGEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRAP (GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE);

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 34249942372     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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