Speleothem isotopic evidence of winter rainfall variability in northeast Turkey between 77 and 6 ka

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 60-72

  Rowe, P J ^a   Mason, J E ^a   Andrews, J E ^a   Marca, A D ^a   Thomas, L ^b   Van Calsteren, P ^b   Jex, C N ^c   Vonhof, H B ^d   Al Omari, S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF KUWAIT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Fluid inclusions; Last glacial maximum; Mediterranean; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Precession; Speleothem; U Th dating

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; FLUID INCLUSION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MEDITERRANEAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECESSION; SPELEOTHEM; U-TH DATING;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MOISTURE; OXYGEN; RAIN; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FLUID INCLUSION; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE GLACIAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; SPELEOTHEM; WINTER;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; TURKEY;

EID: 84861463789     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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