Synchronisation of the EDML and EDC ice cores for the last 52 kyr by volcanic signature matching

Climate of the Past

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 367-374

  Severi, M ^a   Becagli, S ^a   Castellano, E ^a   Morganti, A ^a   Traversi, R ^a   Udisti, R ^a   Ruth, U ^b   Fischer, H ^b   Huybrechts, P ^b,g   Wolff, E ^c   Parrenin, F ^d   Kaufmann, P ^e   Lambert, F ^e   Steffensen, J P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIOLOGY; ICE CORE; ICE FLOW; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHY; SULFATE; SYNCHRONY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

EID: 34547381048     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-3-367-2007     Document Type: Article

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