Severe drought in the early Holocene (10,000-6800 BP) interpreted from lake sediment cores, southwestern Alberta, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Beierle, Brandon ^a   Smith, Derald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Holocene; Lake sediments; Palaeo limnology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT;

CANADA, ALBERTA;

EID: 0031817838     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00044-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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