Late Holocene environmental changes inferred from diatoms in a lake on the western Taimyr Peninsula, northern Russia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 231-247

  Laing, Tamsin E ^a,b   Smol, John P ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Climate; Diatoms; Holocene; Paleohydrology; Paleolimnology; Russia; Siberia; Taimyr; Taymyr; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

AULACOSEIRA DISTANS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIA PINNATA;

EID: 0141563455     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025561905506     Document Type: Conference Paper

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