Speleothem evidence of warm episodes in northeast France during Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 and implications for permafrost distribution in northern Europe

Quaternary Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 246-251

  Pons Branchu, Edwige ^a,b   Hamelin, Bruno ^a   Losson, Benoit ^c   Jaillet, Stephane ^d   Brulhet, Jacques ^e  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^e ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

MIS3; Paleoclimate; Permafrost; Speleothems; Weichselian glaciation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIATION; GREENLAND; GROWTH PERIOD; ICE CORE; INTERSTADIALS; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; MARINE OXYGEN ISOTOPES; MIS3; NETHERLANDS; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST DISTRIBUTION; POLLEN SEQUENCES; SPELEOTHEMS; WEICHSELIAN GLACIATION;

ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; PERMAFROST; PILES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

GLACIATION; INTERSTADIAL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PERMAFROST; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING; WEICHSELIAN;

FRANCE;

EID: 77956181641     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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