Reconstruction of Holocene Climate Change Using Multiproxy Analysis of Sediments from Pyramid Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 520-529

  Mazzucchi, D ^a   Spooner, I S ^b   Gilbert, R ^c   Osborn, G ^d  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PYRAMID LAKE [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 1242300100     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1523-0430(2003)035[0520:ROHCCU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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