Chironomid-inferred late-glacial and early-Holocene mean July air temperatures for Krakenes Lake, western Norway

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-89

  Brooks, Stephen J ^a   Birks, H J B ^b,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allerod; Calibration; Chironomids; Climate reconstruction; Krakenes; Late glacial; Weighted Averaging Partial Least Squares; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION;

NORWAY;

EID: 0033963460     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008044211484     Document Type: Article

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