Lake sediment studies of Holocene glacial activity in the Karsa valley, northern Sweden: Contrasts in interpretation

Holocene

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Snowball, I ^a   Sandgren, P ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Holocene glacial activity; Karsa glacier; loss on ignition; mineral magnetism; organic carbon; particle size; radiocarbon dating; Sweden

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL ACTIVITY; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; MINERAL MAGNETISM; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICLE SIZE;

SWEDEN, KARSA VALLEY;

EID: 0029660807     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369600600312     Document Type: Review

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