System dynamics and environmental change: An exploratory study of Holocene lake sediments at Holzmaar, Germany

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 531-540

  Dearing, John A ^a   Zolitschka, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holocene; Laminated sediments; Model testing; Nonlinear dynamics; Proxy records; Self organized criticality; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; PALEOECOLOGY; SYSTEMATICS;

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAMINATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

GERMANY; LAKE HOLZMAAR;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0032825587     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399674019258     Document Type: Article

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