Holocene Fluctuations of a Meromictic Lake in Southern British Columbia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-113

  Lowe, David J ^a   Green, John D ^a   Northcote, Tom G ^b   Hall, Ken J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAZAMA;

HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; LAKE DEPTH; MEROMICTIC LAKE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SALINE LAKE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, MAHONEY LAKE;

EID: 0031413220     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1905     Document Type: Article

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