Evidence for phase-locked changes in climate between Scotland and Greenland during GS-1 (Younger Dryas) using micromorphology of glaciolacustrine varves from Glen Roy

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 114-123

  Palmer, A P ^a   Rose, J ^a,c   Rasmussen, S O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greenland ice cores; Scotland; Varves; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EVENT; CLIMATE FORCINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GREENLAND; GROUP FORMATIONS; GROUP INDEX; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICRO-SCALES; MICROMORPHOLOGIES; NEW INDICES; NORTH ATLANTIC; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RECORDS; RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE; SCOTLAND; SEDIMENT PULSE; VARVES; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE CONTROL; ISOTOPES; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GRIP; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA ICE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; VARVE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GLEN ROY; GREENLAND; HIGHLAND; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857370803     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.12.003     Document Type: Article

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