Holocene environmental history and climate of Råtåsjøen, a low-alpine lake in south-central Norway

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-153

  Velle, Gaute ^a,b   Larsen, Jorunn ^a,b,c   Eide, Wenche ^a,b   Peglar, Sylvia M ^a   Birks, H John B ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Climate history; Diatoms; Lake ecosystem development; Lake sediments; Multiproxy study; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS ANTHRACINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 13844259433     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-004-2689-x     Document Type: Article

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