Late-glacial fossil midge stratigraphies (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Swiss Alps

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 261-279

  Brooks, Stephen J ^a  

^a Nat Hist Mus Cromwell Rd S ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic response; Chironomids; Climate change; Gerzensee Oscillation; Palaeoecology; Palaeolimnology; Preboreal Oscillation; Proxy indictors; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOSSIL; INSECT; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034659936     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00089-4     Document Type: Article

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