The impact of air mass circulation dynamics on Late Holocene paleoclimate in northwestern North America

Quaternary International

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-83

  Spooner, I S ^a   Barnes, S ^b   Baltzer, K B ^c   Raeside, R ^a   Osborn, G D ^d   Mazzucchi, D ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE FORCING; HOLOCENE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0041313783     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(02)00196-9     Document Type: Article

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