A 2000 year midge-based paleotemperature reconstruction from the Canadian Arctic archipelago

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 177-188

  Porinchu, David F ^a   MacDonald, Glen M ^b   Rolland, Nicolas ^a,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Arctic; Chironomids; Holocene climate change; Midges; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARCHIPELAGO; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; FLY; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; SILICA; SUBFOSSIL; SURFACE WATER; TREELINE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; VICTORIA ISLAND [CANADA];

ABISKOMYIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CORYNOCERA AMBIGUA; HETEROTRISSOCLADIUS; PARACLADIUS; PSECTROCLADIUS SORDIDELLUS; TANYTARSUS;

EID: 58349099372     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9263-x     Document Type: Article

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