Holocene climate variability in northernmost Europe

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 1432-1453

  Allen, Judy R M ^a   Long, Antony J ^a   Ottley, Chris J ^a   Graham Pearson, D ^a   Huntley, Brian ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; LAKES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTS;

CENTENNIAL-MILLENNIAL CLIMATIC FLUCTUATIONS; HOLOCENE HIATUS; PALAEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARINE RECORD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BARENTS SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 34249934106     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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