Was millennial scale climate change during the Last Glacial triggered by explosive volcanism?

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Baldini, James U L ^a   Brown, Richard J ^a   McElwaine, Jim N ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84948691733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17442     Document Type: Article

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