Evidence for a warmer period during the 12th and 13th centuries AD from chironomid assemblages in Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Rolland, Nicolas ^a,b   Larocque, Isabelle ^a,c   Francus, Pierre ^a,b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^b   Laperrière, Laurence ^b  

^a CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canadian Arctic; Chironomids; Holocene climate reconstruction; Southampton Island; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; FOXE BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 67349215688     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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