On the enigmatic similarity in Greenland δ18O between the Oldest and Younger Dryas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 10470-10477

  Pausata, Francesco S R ^a,b   Löfverström, Marcus ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

deglaciation; Greenland 18O; Heinrich events; ice core temperature reconstructions; moisture tracing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; MOISTURE; REPAIR;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION MODEL; DEGLACIATIONS; GREENLAND; HEINRICH EVENTS; ICE CORE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

DEGLACIATION; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE CORE; MOISTURE; OLDER DRYAS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 84953639253     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL066042     Document Type: Article

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