Delayed hydrological response to Greenland cooling at the onset of the Younger Dryas in western Europe

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 109-112

  Rach, O ^a   Brauer, A ^b   Wilkes, H ^b   Sachse, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; BIOMARKER; CLIMATE EFFECT; COOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; HYDROLOGICAL RESPONSE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST DEGLACIATION; PALEOHYDROLOGY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WESTERLY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84893261246     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2053     Document Type: Article

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