Abrupt and moderate climate changes in the mid-latitudes of Asia during the Holocene

Journal of Glaciology

Volumn 62, Issue 233, 2016, Pages 411-439

  Elena, M Aizen ^a   Aizen, Vladimir B ^a   Takeuchi, Nozomu ^b   Mayewski, Paul A ^c   Grigholm, Bjorn ^c   Joswiak, Daniel R ^d   Nikitin, Stanislav A ^e   Fujita, Koji ^f   Nakawo, Masayoshi ^g   Zapf, Alexander ^j   Schwikowski, Margit ^h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^h PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^j NONE

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Author keywords

Ice core records; Isotope chemistry; Paleoclimatic reconstruction

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIER FLOW; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; SIBERIA;

EID: 84979698621     PISSN: 00221430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jog.2016.34     Document Type: Article

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