Chironomid-based Lateglacial climatic reconstruction for southeast Scotland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 161-167

  Brooks, Stephen J ^a   Mayle, Francis E ^b,c   Lowe, John J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Loch Lomond (Younger Dryas) Stadial; Multi proxy research; Palaeoclimate; Vegetation lag; Whitrig Bog

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; PARACLADIUS;

CHIRONOMID; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

UK, SCOTLAND, STRATHCLYDE, LOCH LOMOND;

EID: 0031404487     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(199703/04)12:2<161::AID-JQS303>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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