Holocene mean July temperature and winter precipitation in western Norway inferred from palynological and glaciological lake-sediment proxies

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-189

  Bjune, Anne Elisabeth ^a,b   Bakke, Jostein ^a,b   Nesje, Atle ^a,b   Birks, H J B ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ELA; Folgefonna; Holocene; Lake sediments; Pollen; Preboreal Oscillation; Summer temperature; Transfer functions; Winter precipitation

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE;

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

EID: 15944383850     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl798rp     Document Type: Article

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