Climate of the past millennium inferred from varved proglacial lake sediments on northeast Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 209-224

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

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature proxy; Arctic; Lake sediments; Late Holocene paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Varves

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; VARVE;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 58349097876     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9258-7     Document Type: Article

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