Pollen-stratigraphical evidence of Holocene hydrological change in northern Fennoscandia supported by independent isotopic data

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-79

  Seppä, Heikki ^a   Hammarlund, Dan ^b  

^a Laboratory of Physical Geography   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Holocene palaeohydrology; Northern Fennoscandia; Oxygen isotopes; Pollen stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALYNOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0033880451     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008169800682     Document Type: Article

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