Fossil midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) as palaeoclimatic indicators for the Eurasian region

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 1894-1910

  Brooks, Stephen J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PH EFFECTS; SURFACE WATERS;

PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES; TAXONOMIC RESOLUTION; TEMPERATURE INFERENCE MODELS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOINDICATOR; FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; TROPHIC STATUS; WATER DEPTH;

EURASIA;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMUS THUMMI; DIPTERA;

EID: 33745839323     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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