Precise interpolar phasing of abrupt climate change during the last ice age

Nature

Volumn 520, Issue 7549, 2015, Pages 661-665

  Buizert, Christo ^a   Adrian, Betty ^b   Ahn, Jinho ^c   Albert, Mary ^d   Alley, Richard B ^e   Baggenstos, Daniel ^f   Bauska, Thomas K ^a   Bay, Ryan C ^g   Bencivengo, Brian B ^b   Bentley, Charles R ^h   Brook, Edward J ^a   Chellman, Nathan J ⁱ   Clow, Gary D ^b   Cole Dai, Jihong ^j   Conway, Howard ^k   Cravens, Eric ^l   Cuffey, Kurt M ^g   Dunbar, Nelia W ^m   Edwards, Jon S ^a   Fegyveresi, John M ^e   Ferris, Dave G ^j   Fitzpatrick, Joan J ^b   Fudge, T J ^k   Gibson, Chris J ^h   Gkinis, Vasileios ^n,o   Goetz, Joshua J ^h   Gregory, Stephanie ^d   Hargreaves, Geoffrey M ^b   Iverson, Nels ^m   Johnson, Jay A ^h   Jones, Tyler R ⁿ   Kalk, Michael L ^a   Kippenhan, Matthew J ^p   Koffman, Bess G ^q   Kreutz, Karl ^r   Kuhl, Tanner W ^h   Lebar, Donald A ^h   Lee, James E ^a   Marcott, Shaun A ^a,h   Markle, Bradley R ^k   Maselli, Olivia J ⁱ   McConnell, Joseph R ⁱ   McGwire, Kenneth C ⁱ   Mitchell, Logan E ^a   Mortensen, Nicolai B ^h   Neff, Peter D ^s   Nishiizumi, Kunihiko ^t   Nunn, Richard M ^b   Orsi, Anais J ^f,u   Pasteris, Daniel R ⁱ   Pedro, Joel B ^k,o   Pettit, Erin C ^v   Price, P Buford ^g   Priscu, John C ^w   Rhodes, Rachael H ^a   Rosen, Julia L ^a   Schauer, Andrew J ^k   Schoenemann, Spruce W ^k   Sendelbach, Paul J ^h   Severinghaus, Jeffrey P ^f   Shturmakov, Alexander J ^h   Sigl, Michael ⁱ   Slawny, Kristina R ^h   Souney, Joseph M ^x   Sowers, Todd A ^e   Spencer, Matthew K ^y   Steig, Eric J ^k   Taylor, Kendrick C ⁱ   Twickler, Mark S ^x   Vaughn, Bruce H ⁿ   Voigt, Donald E ^e   Waddington, Edwin D ^k   Welten, Kees C ^t   Wendricks, Anthony W ^h   White, James W C ⁿ   Winstrup, Mai ^k,o   Wong, Gifford J ^z   Woodruff, Thomas E ^aa   more..

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

ⁱ DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l ADC Management Services   (United States)

^m NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^p Antarctic Support Contract Lockheed Martin US Antarctic Program   (United States)

^q Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^s VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^u INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^w MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^x UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^y LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^z Dartmouth College   (United States)

^aa PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; LAST GLACIATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL PERIOD; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENLAND; ICE AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 84928777353     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14401     Document Type: Article

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