Holocene climate history of Geographical Society φ, East Greenland - Evidence from lake sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 45-68

  Wagner, Bernd ^a   Melles, Martin ^a   Hahne, Jürgen ^a   Niessen, Frank ^a   Hubberten, Hans W ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Greenland; Holocene; Palaeoclimate; Palaeolimnology; Palynology

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0034237344     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00046-8     Document Type: Article

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