Re-dating the Pilgrimstad Interstadial with OSL: A warmer climate and a smaller ice sheet during the Swedish Middle Weichselian (MIS 3)?

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 367-376

  Alexanderson, Helena ^a,b   Johnsen, Timothy ^c   Murray, Andrew S ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology ^*  (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE SHEET; INTERSTADIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUARTZ; RADIOCARBON DATING; WEICHSELIAN;

FENNOSCANDIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 77953887062     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2009.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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