Paleolimnological evidence of the response of the central Canadian treeline zone to radiative forcing and hemispheric patterns of temperature change over the past 2000 years

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-141

  MacDonald, Glen M ^a   Porinchu, David F ^b   Rolland, Nicolas ^b   Kremenetsky, Konstantine V ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biogenic silica; Canada; Chironomids; Late Holocene paleoclimate; Loss on ignition; Radiative forcing; Treeline

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORE ANALYSIS; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIATIVE FORCING; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; TREELINE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WARMING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 58349119769     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9250-2     Document Type: Article

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