Temperature gradients in northern Europe during the last glacial-Holocene transition (14-9 14C kyr BP) interpreted from coleopteran assemblages

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 419-433

  Coope, G R ^a   Lemdahl, G ^a,b   Lowe, J J ^a   Walkling, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coleopteran assemblages; Mutual climatic range method; Northern Europe; Quantified temperature estimates; Weichselian Devensian Late glacial

Indexed keywords

LAST GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032463624     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1417(1998090)13:5<419::AID-JQS410>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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