An intercontinental comparison of chironomid palaeotemperature inference models: Europe vs North America

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 717-735

  Lotter, André F ^a,b   Walker, Ian R ^a,c,d   Brooks, Stephen J ^e   Hofmann, Wolfgang ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c OKANAGAN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 0033134788     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00044-4     Document Type: Article

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