Diatom-based water chemistry reconstructions from northern Sweden: A comparison of reconstruction techniques

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-77

  Korsman, T ^a   Birks, H J B ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alkalinity; Calibration; Colour; Diatoms; Lake sediments; Northern Sweden; pH; Weighted averaging (WA); Weighted averaging partial least squares (WA PLS)

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; COLOUR; DIATOM; LAKE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PH; WATER COLOUR; WEIGHTED AVERAGING METHOD;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0029668732     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00176990     Document Type: Article

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