Sieve mesh size and quantitative chironomid paleoclimatology

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-345

  Verschuren, Dirk ^a   Eggermont, Hilde ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Chironomidae; Paleoclimate reconstruction; Paleolimnological methods; Paleosalinity inference; Sieve mesh size; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; FLY; FOSSIL RECORD; LAKE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOSALINITY; RECONSTRUCTION; SALINITY; SIEVING; SUBFOSSIL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; LAKE ABIYATA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 34548583106     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9077-7     Document Type: Article

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