Timing of glacier response to Younger Dryas climatic cooling in Scotland

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 264-274

  MacLeod, Alison ^a   Palmer, Adrian ^a   Lowe, John ^a   Rose, James ^a,b   Bryant, Charlotte ^c   Merritt, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian based age modelling; Glaciolacustrine varves; Radiocarbon dating; Scotland; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

AGE MODELLING; GLACIOLACUSTRINE VARVES; RADIOCARBON DATING; SCOTLAND; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; ICE; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ICE CORE; LOCH LOMOND STADIAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NORWAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80655138719     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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