Correlation of climate cycles in middle Mississippi Valley loess and Greenland ice

Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-182

  Wang, Hong ^a   Hughes, Randall E ^a   Steele, John D ^a   Lepley, Scott W ^a   Tian, Jian ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; El Ni o Southern oscillation; Loess; Mississippi river valley; Solar forcing; Wisconsin interstadials

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CYCLES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MOISTURE; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE FORCING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; INTERSTADIAL; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LOESS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; WISCONSINAN;

GREENLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879881431     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2003)031<0179:COCCIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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