What caused the Younger Dryas cold event?

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 383-384

  Carlson, Anders E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COLD REGION; HEAT TRANSFER; ICE SHEET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; MONSOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 77953968728     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/focus042010.1     Document Type: Note

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