Modelling abrupt climatic change during the last glaciation

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 126, Issue , 2001, Pages 117-134

  Crucifix, Michel ^a   Tulkens, Philippe ^b   Berger, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b Federal Planning Bureau   (Belgium)

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EID: 77956761325     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM126p0117     Document Type: Chapter

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