Past ultraviolet radiation environments in lakes derived from fossil pigments

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6641, 1997, Pages 457-459

  Leavitt, Peter R ^a   Vinebrooke, Rolf D ^a   Donald, David B ^b   Smol, John P ^c   Schindler, David W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE INDICATOR; FOSSIL PIGMENT; LAKE SEDIMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALGA; ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSIL; LAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030818664     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41296     Document Type: Article

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