Cold event at 8200 yr B.P. recorded in annually laminated lake sediments in eastern Europe

Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 681-684

  Veski, Siim ^a   Seppä, Heikki ^b   Ojala, Antti E K ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

8200 yr B.P. cold event; Estonia; Oxygen isotopes; Pollen; Thermohaline circulation; Varve chronolgy

Indexed keywords

GREENLAND; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; 8200 YR B.P. COLD EVENT; ESTONIA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POLLEN; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATIONS; VARVE CHRONOLOGIES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAKES; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

GEOLOGY; LAKES;

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; VARVE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE FORCING; COLD REGION; ICE CORE; LAMINATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TELECONNECTION;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 4344623538     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G20683.1     Document Type: Article

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