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Holocene Climate and Past Volcanism: Greenland — Northern Europe

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Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm

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Holocene climate data from Greenland ice cores, European tree ring widths and their relation is discussed. The problems related to such proxy data as well as to a volcanic paleo index for stratospheric volcanic aerosol loading are presented. The stacking of data from especially the Greenland and Canadian ice cores and the problems involved are treated. Possible solutions to the problems are presented.

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  1. Niels Bohr Institute of Astronomy, Physics and Geophysics, Department of Geophysics, University of Copenhagen, Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100, Copenhagen O, Denmark

    Claus U. Hammer

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  1. Fachbereich Geowissenschaften, Universität Bremen, Klagenfurter Straße 2, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Gerold Wefer

  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Geological Research Division, University of California, 92093-0215, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Wolfgang H. Berger

  3. Niedersächsisches Institut für historische Küstenforschung, Viktoriastraße 26/28, 26483, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

    Karl-Ernst Behre

  4. University of Bergen, Department of Geology, Allégaten 41, 5007, Bergen, Norway

    Eystein Jansen

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Hammer, C.U. (2002). Holocene Climate and Past Volcanism: Greenland — Northern Europe. In: Wefer, G., Berger, W.H., Behre, KE., Jansen, E. (eds) Climate Development and History of the North Atlantic Realm. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04965-5_10

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