Centennial-scale compound-specific hydrogen isotope record of Pleistocene-Holocene climate transition from southern New England

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Hou, Juzhi ^a   Huang, Yongsong ^a   Oswald, W Wyatt ^b   Foster, David R ^b   Shuman, Bryan ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; LAKES; SEDIMENTS;

FRESHWATER; ICE CORE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ICE CORE; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37249006868     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030303     Document Type: Article

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