A continuous stable isotope record from the penultimate glacial maximum to the Last Interglacial (159-121ka) from Tana Che Urla Cave (Apuan Alps, central Italy)

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 450-461

  Regattieri, Eleonora ^a,b   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Drysdale, Russell N ^d   Isola, Ilaria ^c   Hellstrom, John C ^d   Roncioni, Adriano ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Gruppo Speleologico Lucchese   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Italy; Last interglacial; Penultimate deglaciation; Speleothem; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CAVES; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES;

CENTRAL ITALY; DEGLACIATIONS; LAST INTERGLACIAL; SPELEOTHEM; STABLE ISOTOPES;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 84922529891     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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