Holocene humidity changes in northern Finnish Lapland inferred from lake sediments and submerged Scots pines dated by tree-rings

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 569-580

  Eronen, Matti ^a   Hyvärinen, Hannu ^a   Zetterberg, Pentti ^b  

^a Department of Geology ^*  (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bark beetle; Dendrochronology; Forest tundra ecotone; Holocene; Humidity changes; Lake sediments; Lake level history; Northern Fennoscandia; Palaeoclimate; Pine subfossils; Tomicus minor; Tree line changes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; FINLAND; GEOLOGY; TOMISCUS MINOR; TREE;

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; WATER LEVEL;

FINLAND; LAPLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SCOLYTINAE; TOMICUS MINOR;

EID: 0345493883     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399677209885     Document Type: Article

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