Mineralogy-based quantitative precipitation and temperature reconstructions from annually laminated lake sediments (Swiss Alps) since AD 1580

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2008, Pages

  Trachsel, M ^a,b   Eggenberger, U ^a   Grosjean, M ^a,b   Blass, A ^b,c   Sturm, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NCCR in Climate   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FELDSPAR; LAMINATING; LITHOLOGY; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RESTORATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; CLIMATE-VARIABILITY; DATA SETS; DIFFRACTION PEAKS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; PROGLACIAL; SEDIMENT LAYERING; SOURCE AREAS; SUMMER TEMPERATURE; SWISS ALPS; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; WET PERIODS;

REPAIR;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUTUMN; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MINERALOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; TRANSPORT PROCESS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALPS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWISS PLATEAU; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 53749101921     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL034121     Document Type: Article

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