Holocene climate trend, variability, and shift documented by lacustrine stable-isotope record in the northeastern United States

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 1831-1843

  Zhao, Cheng ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a   Ito, Emi ^b   Zhao, Yan ^c  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE TRENDS; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; COLD CLIMATE; DOMINANT FREQUENCY; GENERAL PATTERNS; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; ISOTOPE RECORD; NEW JERSEY; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; SEDIMENT CORE; SOLAR FORCING; STABLE ISOTOPES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; ISOTOPES; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CALCITE; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PERIODICITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954816558     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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