Mid-holocene warming in the northwest Kola Peninsula, Russia: Northern pine-limit movement and stable isotope evidence

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 403-410

  Boettger, Tatjana ^a   Hiller, Achim ^a   Kremenetski, Konstantin ^b,c  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carbon; Holocene; Hydrogen; Kola Peninsula; Oxygen; Pinus sylvestris; Radiocarbon dating; Stable isotopes; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TREELINE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

COLA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0037405590     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl633rp     Document Type: Conference Paper

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