Holocene climate inferred from glacier extent, lake sediment and tree rings at Goat Lake, Kenai Mountains, Alaska, USA

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-45

  Daigle, Thomas A ^a   Kaufman, Darrell S ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Equilibrium line altitude; Holocene climate change; Lake sediment; Little Ice Age; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC LAPSE RATE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CIRQUE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GYTTJA; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITTLE ICE AGE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MELTWATER; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION; TREE RING; TREND ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; COAST RANGES; GOAT LAKE; KENAI MOUNTAINS; KENAI PENINSULA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CONIUM; TSUGA MERTENSIANA;

EID: 65349098078     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1166     Document Type: Article

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