Transferring radiometric dating of the last interglacial sea level high stand to marine and ice core records

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 183-194

  Waelbroeck, C ^a   Frank, N ^a   Jouzel, J ^a   Parrenin, F ^b   Masson Delmotte, V ^a   Genty, D ^a  

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

^b LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

ice cores; last interglacial; North Atlantic marine cores; open system ages; sea level

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL TRANSITION; NORTH ATLANTIC MARINE CORES; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE SUMMER INSOLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE CORE; LAST DEGLACIATION; MARINE RECORD; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

ANTHOZOA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 36949026927     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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