Early-holocene limnological and climatic variability in the Northern Great Plains

Holocene

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-285

  Laird, Kathleen R ^a,c   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^b   Cumming, Brian F ^c   Grimm, Eric C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatic directionality; Diatoms; Great Plains; Holocene; North America; Palaeoclimate; Palaeolimnology; Palaeosalinity; Rate of change

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0031838730     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968398673895438     Document Type: Article

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