A millennial perspective on Arctic warming from 14C in quartz and plants emerging from beneath ice caps

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Anderson, Rebecca K ^a   Miller, Gifford H ^a   Briner, Jason P ^b   Lifton, Nathaniel A ^c   DeVogel, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COSMIC RAYS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ICE CAPS; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; SOLAR LUMINOSITY;

ICE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE FEEDBACK; FOSSIL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; ICE RETREAT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; LUMINESCENCE; STRATOSPHERE; VOLCANIC AEROSOL;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 41549156967     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032057     Document Type: Article

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