The Medieval Climate Anomaly and Little Ice Age in Chesapeake Bay and the North Atlantic Ocean

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-310

  Cronin, T M ^a   Hayo, K ^b   Thunell, R C ^c   Dwyer, G S ^d   Saenger, C ^e   Willard, D A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesapeake Bay; Holocene climate; Little Ice Age; Medieval Climate Anomaly

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; CALCIUM; CLIMATE VARIATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LITTLE ICE AGE; MAGNESIUM; MEDIEVAL; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CHESAPEAKE BAY; UNITED STATES;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 77957754108     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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