Stomatal proxy record of CO2 concentrations from the last termination suggests an important role for CO2 at climate change transitions

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 68, Issue , 2013, Pages 43-58

  Steinthorsdottir, Margret ^a   Wohlfarth, Barbara ^a   Kylander, Malin E ^a   Blaauw, Maarten ^b   Reimer, Paula J ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betula nana; Last termination Lateglacial climate; Palaeo CO2 reconstruction; Stomatal proxy method; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BETULA NANA; LAST TERMINATION/LATEGLACIAL CLIMATE; LOSS-ON-IGNITION; OCEAN CIRCULATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STOMATAL PROXY METHOD; SWEDEN; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR BUBBLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STOMATA;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84875279590     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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