Oxygen isotope values of precipitation and the thermal climate in Europe during the middle to late Weichselian ice age

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 1263-1275

  Arppe, L ^a   Karhu, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DENMARK; ESTONIA; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL PERIOD; ICE AGE; LITHUANIA; OXYGEN ISOTOPE COMPOSITION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DENTISTRY; ENAMELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

TOOTH ENAMEL;

AIR MASS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; MAMMOTH; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEICHSELIAN;

BALTIC REGION; SWEDEN;

EID: 77950626559     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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