Holocene climate and glacier variability at Hallet and Greyling Lakes, Chugach Mountains, south-central Alaska

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 143-159

  McKay, Nicholas P ^a,b   Kaufman, Darrell S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Aleutian Low; Glaciolacustrine sediment; Holocene climate change; North Pacific, Alaska

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LICHENOMETRY; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY;

ALASKA; GREYLING LAKE; HALLET LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 58349120791     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9260-0     Document Type: Article

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