Siliceous algae-based seasonal temperature inference and indicator pollen tracking ca. 4,000 years of climate/land use dependency in the southern Austrian Alps

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 541-554

  Schmidt, Roland ^a   Kamenik, Christian ^b   Roth, Monika ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Air temperature anomalies; Alpine lake; Chrysophyte stomatocysts; Diatoms; Ice cover; Lake mixing; Land use; Pollen tracers

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; CIRCULATION MODELING; LAND USE; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT;

ALPS; AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHRYSOPHYCEAE;

EID: 35448960014     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9089-y     Document Type: Article

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