An expanded surface-water palaeotemperature inference model for use with fossil midges from eastern Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-178

  Walker, Ian R ^a,b,d   Levesque, André J ^a,b,c   Cwynar, Les C ^c   Lotter, André F ^d  

^a OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ceratopogonidae; Chaoborus; Chironomidae; Error estimates; Late glacial; Palaeoclimate; Temperature optima; Weighted averaging; Weighted averaging partial least squares; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

MIDGE; MODEL; PALAEOTEMPERATURE; SURFACE WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHAOBORUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI;

EID: 0030750692     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007997602935     Document Type: Article

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