High resolution δ18O and δ13C records from an annually laminated Scottish stalagmite and relationship with last millennium climate

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 303-311

  Baker, Andy ^a   Wilson, Rob ^b   Fairchild, Ian J ^c   Franke, Joerg ^d   Spötl, Christoph ^e   Mattey, Dave ^f   Trouet, Valerie ^d   Fuller, Lisa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Carbon isotope; Oxygen isotope; Paleoclimate; Rainfall; Stalagmite

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATES; STALAGMITE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CAVES; CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAMINATING; OXYGEN; RAIN;

INFILTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; AUTOCORRELATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORRELATION; DEGASSING; INFILTRATION; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STALAGMITE;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80655124970     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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