Abrupt Holocene climate change and potential response to solar forcing in western Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1243-1255

  Gavin, Daniel G ^a   Henderson, Andrew C G ^a   Westover, Karlyn S ^b   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^b   Walker, Ian R ^c   Leng, Melanie J ^d,e   Hu, Feng Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Atmospheric circulation; Biogenic silica; British Columbia; Diatoms; Solar forcing

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOGENIC SILICA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DIATOMS; SOLAR FORCING;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; GEOTHERMAL SPRINGS; ICE; LAKES; METEOROLOGY; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PHYTOPLANKTON; SILICA; SOLAR RADIATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANTICYCLONE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; EL NINO; HOLOCENE; IRRADIANCE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MERIDIONAL CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955717799     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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