Land surface temperature changes in Northern Iberia since 4000yrBP, based on δ13C of speleothems

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 77, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-12

  Martín Chivelet, Javier ^a,b   Muñoz García, M Belén ^a,b   Edwards, R Lawrence ^c   Turrero, María J ^d   Ortega, Ana I ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d CIEMAT   (Spain)

^e CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Iberia; Paleoclimate; Speleothem; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; IBERIA; PALEOCLIMATES; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CAVES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CYCLE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GRIP; IRON AGE; IRRADIANCE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAND SURFACE; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; ROMAN ERA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TIME SERIES; WARMING;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

EID: 79956288840     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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