Integrated varve and pollen-based temperature reconstruction from Finland: Evidence for Holocene seasonal temperature patterns at high latitudes

Holocene

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 529-538

  Ojala, Antti E K ^a   Alenius, Teija ^a   Seppä, Heikki ^b   Giesecke, Thomas ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finland; Holocene; Lake Nautaj rvi; Lake sediment; Palaeoclimate; Pollen; Seasonal climate; Temperature reconstruction; Varves

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; VARVE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

MALVACEAE; TILIA;

EID: 53349106106     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608089207     Document Type: Article

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