Abstract
Investigations of Danish raised bogs apparently indicate cyclic long term climatic variations with a periodicity of about 260 yr over the past 5,500 yr. The result could be used for modelling future climatic trends.
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Aaby, B. Cyclic climatic variations in climate over the past 5,500 yr reflected in raised bogs. Nature 263, 281–284 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/263281a0
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