Holocene warming marked by abrupt onset of longer summers and reduced storm frequency around Greenland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 99-104

  Mayewski, P A ^a   Sneed, S B ^a   Birkel, S D ^a   Kurbatov, A V ^a   Maasch, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrupt climate change; Atmospheric circulation; Greenland; Ice cores

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; GRIP; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; INTERGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; WARMING;

EID: 84891004138     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2684     Document Type: Article

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