Quantitative reconstruction of Younger Dryas to Mid-Holocene paleoclimates at Le Locle, Swiss Jura, using Pollen and lake-level data

Quaternary Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-180

  Magny, Michel ^a   Guiot, Joël ^b   Schoellammer, Patrick ^c  

^a Hôpital Jean Minjoz   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c Service Archeologique Cantonal   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake level fluctuations; Quantitative paleoclimatic reconstruction; Swiss Jura; Vegetation history; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

JURA MOUNTAINS; LE LOCLE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035470767     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2257     Document Type: Article

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