Atmospheric methane, southern European vegetation and low-mid latitude links on orbital and millennial timescales

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 307-317

  Tzedakis, P C ^a,b   Palike H ^c   Roucoux, K H ^a   de Abreu, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ITCZ; Mediterranean; methane; millennial; orbital; pollen; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ITCZ; MEDITERRANEAN; MILLENNIAL; ORBITAL; POLLEN;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERICS; METHANATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; VEGETATION;

METHANE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; METHANE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 58149461843     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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