Seasonal variations in aridity and temperature characterize changing climate during the last deglaciation in New Zealand

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 74, Issue , 2013, Pages 245-256

  Sikes, Elisabeth L ^a   Medeiros, Patricia M ^a   Augustinus, Paul ^b   Wilmshurst, Janet M ^c   Freeman, Katherine R ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctic Cold Reversal; Aridity; Biomarkers; Biomass burning; Carbon isotopes; Climate change; Compound specific isotopes; Deglacial climate

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTIC COLD REVERSALS; ARIDITY; BIOMASS-BURNING; CARBON ISOTOPES; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPES; DEGLACIAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ARIDITY; BIOMARKER; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GLOBAL WARMING; LAST DEGLACIATION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 84880587811     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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