Midge-inferred Holocene summer temperatures in Southeastern British Columbia, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 244-259

  Chase, Marianne ^a   Bleskie, Christina ^b   Walker, Ian R ^b   Gavin, Daniel G ^c   Hu, Feng Sheng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Chironomidae; Climate change; Holocene; Palaeotemperature reconstruction; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLY; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; MICROTENDIPES; SERGENTIA; TANYTARSUS;

EID: 36849043150     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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