Holocene humidity fluctuations in Sweden inferred from dendrochronology and peat stratigraphy

Boreas

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 347-360

  Gunnarson, Björn Erik ^a   Borgmark, Anders ^a   Wastegård, Stefan ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LAKE LEVEL; PEAT; STRATIGRAPHY;

SWEDEN;

FRAXINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0037931968     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2003.tb01089.x     Document Type: Article

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