Late-Holocene summer temperature reconstruction from chironomid assemblages of Lake Anterne, northern French Alps

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 317-328

  Millet, Laurent ^a,b   Arnaud, Fabien ^a   Heiri, Oliver ^c   Magny, Michel ^b   Verneaux, Valérie ^b   Desmet, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Climate reconstruction; July air temperature; Late Holocene; Northern French Alps

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FLY; HOLOCENE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE SAVOIE; LAKE ANTERNE; RHONE-ALPES; WESTERN ALPS; WESTERN EUROPE;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 67749101274     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608100576     Document Type: Article

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