Moisture variability in the southwestern United States linked to abrupt glacial climate change

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-113

  Wagner, J D M ^a   Cole, J E ^a,b   Beck, J W ^a   Patchett, P J ^a   Henderson, G M ^c   Barnett, H R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE SHEET; INTERSTADIAL; MOISTURE CONTENT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SPELEOTHEM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARIZONA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

EID: 76449086771     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo707     Document Type: Article

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