Orbital control of western North America atmospheric circulation and climate over two glacial cycles

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a   Denniston, Rhawn F ^b   Asmerom, Yemane ^c   Polyak, Victor J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Psychology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 18;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOLOCENE; INTERGLACIAL; LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; PALEOCLIMATE; SUMMER; SUNLIGHT; WARMING;

EID: 84899784176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4805     Document Type: Article

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