Orbital, ice sheet, and possible solar controls on Holocene moisture trends in the North Atlantic drainage basin

Geology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 151-154

  Shuman, Bryan ^a   Plank, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CHANGES; CONTINENTAL ICE SHEET; DRAINAGE BASIN; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FRESHWATER FLUXES; HOLOCENES; HYDROCLIMATIC; ICE SHEET; MOISTURE BALANCE; MOISTURE LEVEL; MOISTURE VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS; SCANDINAVIA; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR CONTROL;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIERS; LAKES; MOISTURE CONTROL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER LEVELS;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DRAINAGE BASIN; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LAKE LEVEL; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; WATER BUDGET;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); NORTH AMERICA; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 78851469451     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G31387.1     Document Type: Article

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