Methodological basis for quantitative reconstruction of air temperature and sunshine from pollen assemblages in Arctic Canada and Greenland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1197-1216

  Fréchette, Bianca ^a   de Vernal, Anne ^a   Guiot, Joël ^b   Wolfe, Alexander P ^c   Miller, Gifford H ^d   Fredskild, Bent ^e   Kerwin, Micheal W ^f   Richard, Pierre J H ^g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS (CCA);

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE;

ARCTIC; BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 44349123876     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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