A stratigraphical basis for the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)

Quaternary International

Volumn 383, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-185

  Hughes, Philip D ^a   Gibbard, Philip L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Event stratigraphy; Greenland Stadial 3; Last glacial cycle; Last Glacial Maximum; LGM; MIS 2

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; EVENT STRATIGRAPHY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLOBAL CLIMATE; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); GREENLAND;

EID: 84944452989     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2014.06.006     Document Type: Article

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