Postglacial changes in chironomid communities and inferred climate near treeline at Mount Stoyoma, Cascade Mountains, southwestern British Columbia, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-293

  Smith, Michael J ^a   Pellatt, Marlow G ^a   Walker, Ian R ^a,b   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Chironomid; Holocene; Lake sediment; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Treeline

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; INSECT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031728299     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007904917419     Document Type: Article

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