Repeat temperature measurements in boreholes from northwestern Utah link ground and air temperature changes at the decadal time scale

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Davis, Michael G ^a   Harris, Robert N ^b   Chapman, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COUPLING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; DECADAL VARIATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TESTING METHOD; TIMESCALE;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77952274181     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006875     Document Type: Article

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