Near-infrared spectrometry (NIRS): A new tool for inferring past climatic changes from lake sediments

Holocene

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-166

  Rosén, Peter ^a,b   Dåbakk, Eigil ^a   Renberg, Ingemar ^a   Nilsson, Mats ^c   Hall, Roland ^a,b,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Holocene; July temperature; Lake sediments; Near infrared spectrometry; NIRS; Northern Sweden; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NEAR INFRARED; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SPECTROMETRY;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0343485021     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968300670554274     Document Type: Article

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