The mysterious onset of the Younger Dryas

Quaternary International

Volumn 242, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-266

  Fiedel, S J ^a  

^a Louis Berger Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ICE CORE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 80052404361     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.02.044     Document Type: Article

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