A 40 ka record of temperature and permafrost conditions in northwestern Europe from noble gases in the Ledo-Paniselian Aquifer (Belgium)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1038-1044

  Blaser, Petra Corinne ^a   Kipfer, Rolf ^b,c   Loosli, Heinz Hugo ^d   Walraevens, Kristine ^e   Van Camp, Marc ^e   Aeschbach Hertig, Werner ^f  

^a Petraconsult ^*  (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degassing; Excess air; Groundwater; Holocene; Ledo Paniselian aquifer; Noble gas temperatures; Palaeoclimate; Permafrost; Pleistocene; Recharge gap

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; COOLING; DEGASSING; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NOBLE GAS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECHARGE; RESIDENCE TIME;

BELGIUM;

EID: 78149401250     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1391     Document Type: Article

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