Hydrological variability over the Apennines during the Early Last Glacial precession minimum, as revealed by a stable isotope record from Sulmona basin, Central Italy

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 19-31

  Regattieri, Eleonora ^a,b   Giaccio, Biagio ^c   Zanchetta, Giovanni ^a,b,c,d   Drysdale, Russell N ^e,f   Galli, Paolo ^c,g   Nomade, Sebastien ^h   Peronace, Edoardo ^c   Wulf, Sabine ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^g DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

^h LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

ⁱ GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lacustrine succession; Precession; Sapropel; Stable isotope; Sulmona basin; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; SAPROPEL; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ABRUZZI; APENNINES; ARCTIC; GREENLAND; ITALY; L'AQUILA; SULMONA BASIN;

EID: 84925132663     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2755     Document Type: Article

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