Seasonal temperature variability of the Neoglacial (3300-2500BP) and Roman Warm Period (2500-1600BP) reconstructed from oxygen isotope ratios of limpet shells (Patella vulgata), Northwest Scotland

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 317-318, Issue , 2012, Pages 104-113

  Wang, Ting ^a   Surge, Donna ^a   Mithen, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neoglacial; Northwest Scotland; Oxygen isotope; Patella vulgata; Roman Warm Period; Subboreal Subatlantic transition

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; IRON AGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NEOGLACIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; ROMAN ERA; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELL; SNAIL; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ICELAND; KATLA; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

PATELLA VULGATA;

EID: 84862778155     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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