Quaternary stratigraphy and ice cores

Quaternary International

Volumn 219, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 55-65

  Orombelli, Giuseppe ^a   Maggi, Valter ^a   Delmonte, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GREENHOUSE GAS; ICE CORE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EID: 77952953882     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.09.029     Document Type: Article

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