Stable isotope variations in stalagmites from northwestern Sweden document changes in temperature and vegetation during the early Holocene: A comment on Sundqvist et al. 2007a

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1007-1008

  Hammarlund, Dan ^a   Edwards, Thomas W D ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Holocene; Oxygen isotopes; Scandinavia; Speleothem; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649117624     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608093541     Document Type: Note

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