Holocene tree line, permafrost, and climate dynamics in the Nenets Region, East European Arctic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1141-1158

  Kultti, Seija ^a   Oksanen, Pirita ^b,c   Väliranta, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LAKES; PERMAFROST;

CLIMATE DYNAMICS; MACROFOSSILS;

VEGETATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; PERMAFROST; TREELINE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

FORESTRY; LAKES; METEOROLOGY; PERMAFROST; PLANTS; TEMPERATURE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NENETS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WORLD;

EID: 10944224164     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E04-058     Document Type: Article

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