A 13,600-year diatom oxygen isotope record from the South Carpathians (Romania): Reflection of winter conditions and possible links with North Atlantic circulation changes

Quaternary International

Volumn 293, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-149

  Magyari, E K ^a   Demeny A ^b   Buczko K ^c   Kern, Z ^b,d   Vennemann, T ^e   Forizs I ^b   Vincze, I ^a   Braun, M ^f   Kovacs J I ^g   Udvardi, B ^g   Veres, D ^h,i  

^a Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^g GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^h BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

ⁱ ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LATE GLACIAL; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SPELEOTHEM; WINTER;

CARPATHIANS; ROMANIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84875610834     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.042     Document Type: Article

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