Glacier and lake-level variations in west-central Europe over the last 3500 years

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 789-801

  Holzhauser, Hanspeter ^a   Magny, Michel ^b   Zumbühl, Heinz J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b université Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Alps; Climate change; Dendrochronology; Glacier fluctuations; Historical documents; Holocene; Lake level variations; Neoglaciation; Radiocarbon dating; West central Europe

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 25444439338     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl853ra     Document Type: Article

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