Environmental response to the cold climate event 8200 years ago as recorded at Højby Sø, Denmark

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 15, 2008, Pages 57-60

  Rasmussen, Peter ^a   Hede, Mikkel Ulfeldt ^b   Noe Nygaard, Nanna ^b   Clarke, Annemarie L ^c   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c APEM LTD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 54749090136     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.34194/geusb.v15.5044     Document Type: Article

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