An abrupt wind shift in western Europe at the onset of the Younger Dryas cold period

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 1, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 520-523

  Brauer, Achim ^a   Haug, Gerald H ^b,c   Dulski, Peter ^a   Sigman, Daniel M ^d   Negendank, Jörg F W ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58649114588     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo263     Document Type: Article

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