Constraining Holocene hydrological changes in the Carpathian-Balkan region using speleothem δ18O and pollen-based temperature reconstructions

Climate of the Past

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1363-1380

  Dragusin V ^a,b,c   Staubwasser, M ^c   Hoffmann, D L ^d   Ersek, V ^e,f   Onac, B P ^g,h   Veres, D ^h  

^a EMIL RACOVI INSTITUTE OF SPELEOLOGY   (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^e NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^h ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

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EID: 84904822440     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-10-1363-2014     Document Type: Article

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