Persistent link between solar activity and Greenland climate during the Last Glacial Maximum

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 662-666

  Adolphi, Florian ^a   Muscheler, Raimund ^a   Svensson, Anders ^b   Aldahan, Ala ^c,d   Possnert, Göran ^c   Beer, Jürg ^e   Sjolte, Jesper ^a   Björck, Svante ^a   Matthes, Katja ^f   Thiéblemont, Rémi ^f  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

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EID: 84906822109     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2225     Document Type: Article

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