Early Holocene climate variability and the timing and extent of the Holocene thermal maximum (HTM) in northern Iceland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2314-2331

  Caseldine, Chris ^a   Langdon, Peter ^a   Holmes, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEA ICE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CHIRONOMID-INFERRED TEMPERATURES; CLIMATE VARIABILITY; OCEANIC BOUNDARIES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HYPSITHERMAL;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 33746903503     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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