Younger Dryas and Allerod summer temperatures at Gerzensee (Switzerland) inferred from fossil pollen and cladoceran assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 349-361

  Lotter, A F ^a,b   Birks, H J B ^c,d   Eicher, U ^a   Hofmann, W ^e   Schwander, J ^a   Wick, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allerod; Cladocera; Gerzensee oscillation; Oxygen isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Pollen; Preboreal oscillation; Summer temperatures; Transfer functions; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

ALLEROD; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

GERZENSEE; SWITZERLAND;

CLADOCERA; DRYAS;

EID: 0034660170     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00093-6     Document Type: Article

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