Seasonal temperatures for the past ∼400 years reconstructed from diatom and chironomid assemblages in a high-altitude lake (Lej da la Tscheppa, Switzerland)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-299

  Von Gunten, Lucien ^a   Heiri, Oliver ^b   Bigler, Christian ^a,c   Van Leeuwen, Jacqueline ^a   Casty, Carlo ^a   Lotter, André F ^b   Sturm, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine lake; Chironomids; Diatoms; Ice cover; Pollen; Seasonal temperature reconstructions

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; DIATOM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ICE COVER; LAKE; LAND USE CHANGE; POLLEN; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEMPERATURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; ENGADIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRAUBUNDEN; LAKE TSCHEPPA; SWITZERLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 38349023633     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9103-4     Document Type: Article

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