A multi-proxy lacustrine record of Holocene climate change on northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 431-442

  Briner, Jason P ^a   Michelutti, Neal ^b   Francis, Donna R ^c   Miller, Gifford H ^d   Axford, Yarrow ^d   Wooller, Matthew J ^e   Wolfe, Alexander P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Chironomid; Climate change; Diatom; Holocene thermal maximum; Lacustrine record; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; RADIOCARBON DATING;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 33646714469     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2005.10.005     Document Type: Article

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