Multi-proxy approach to long- and short-term Holocene climate-change: Evidence from eastern Lake Ontario

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-391

  McFadden, Melany A ^a   Patterson, William P ^b   Mullins, Henry T ^c   Anderson, William T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Lake Ontario; Multi proxy; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

GREAT LAKES; LAKE ONTARIO; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18344385177     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-004-7634-5     Document Type: Article

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