Rapid 20th century environmental change on northeastern Baffin Island, Arctic Canada inferred from a multi-proxy lacustrine record

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 507-517

  Thomas, Elizabeth K ^a   Axford, Yarrow ^a   Briner, Jason P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropocene; Arctic; Chironomids; Climate change; Lake sediments; Late Holocene; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE FORCING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIATIVE FORCING; RECONSTRUCTION; TWENTIETH CENTURY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 46249084963     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9178-y     Document Type: Article

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