Oxygen isotopes as tracers of Mediterranean climate variability: An introduction

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 135-140

  Roberts, C Neil ^a   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^b   Jones, Matthew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

climate change; hydrology; Mediterranean; oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CORAL; DEEP SEA; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS BALANCE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SPELEOTHEM; TRACER;

ITALY; PISA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 77952111933     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.01.024     Document Type: Article

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