Vostok ice core: climatic response to CO2 and orbital forcing changes over the last climatic cycle

G. Genthon; J. M. Barnola; Dominique Raynaud; C. Lorius; J. Jouzel; N. I. Barkov; Y. S. Korotkevich; V. M. Kotlyakov

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Orbital forcingIce coreInterglacialNorthern HemisphereGlacial periodClimatologyForcing (mathematics)GeologyDeglaciationClimate oscillationSouthern HemispherePleistocenePaleoclimatologyClimate changeSynchronismPhysical geographyOceanographyPaleontologyGlobal warmingGeographyEffects of global warming

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Year: 1987
Type: article
Volume: 329
Issue: 6138
Pages: 414-418
Citations: 222
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                                    G. Genthon, 
                                
                                    J. M. Barnola, 
                                
                                    Dominique Raynaud
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1987). 
                            Vostok ice core: climatic response to CO2 and orbital forcing changes over the last climatic cycle. 
                            Nature
                            , 329
                            (6138)
                            , 414-418.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/329414a0
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/329414a0