Seasonal and geographic climate variabilities during the Last Glacial Maximum in North America: Applying isotopic analysis and macrophysical climate models

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 283, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 15-27

  Higgins, Pennilyn ^a   MacFadden, Bruce J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bison; Carbon; Equus; Isotopes; Macrophysical climate model; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOSSIL RECORD; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAST GLACIAL; OXYGEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

NORTH AMERICA;

BISON; EQUUS;

EID: 70349958008     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.08.015     Document Type: Article

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