Holocene changes in climate and vegetation in the Ammassalik area, East Greenland, recorded in lake sediments and soil profiles

Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-50

  Jakobsen, Bjarne Holm ^a   Fredskild, Bent ^a   Pedersen, Jørn Bjarke Torp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ammassalik; Holocene climate change; Lake sediments; SE Greenland; Sermilik Station; Soils

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MELTING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; POSTGLACIAL; SOIL PROFILE; STRATIGRAPHY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

AMMASSALIK ISLAND; ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

EID: 50449098992     PISSN: 00167223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00167223.2008.10649573     Document Type: Article

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