Holocene climate and environmental dynamics on the Tristan da Cunha island group, South Atlantic

Lundqua Thesis

Volumn , Issue 60, 2007, Pages

  Ljung, Karl ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bipolar seesaw; Human disturbance; Lake sediments; Paleoclimate; Peat; Pollen analysis; South Atlantic; The Holocene; Tristan da Cunha

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENDROCLIMATOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PEAT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREE RING;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SAINT HELENA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

MYCTEROPERCA FUSCA; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 57349106572     PISSN: 02813033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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