Paleoclimatic reconstructions in western Canada from borehole temperature logs: Surface air temperature forcing and groundwater flow

Climate of the Past

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Majorowicz, J ^a,b   Grasby, S E ^c   Ferguson, G ^d   Safanda, J ^e   Skinner, W ^f  

^a Northern Geothermal   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d ST FRANCIS XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^f ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOREHOLE LOGGING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PALEOCLIMATE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646372208     PISSN: 18149324     EISSN: 18149332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/cp-2-1-2006     Document Type: Article

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