A late Quaternary paleotemperature record from Hanging Lake, northern Yukon Territory, eastern Beringia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 246-257

  Kurek, Joshua ^a   Cwynar, Les C ^a   Vermaire, Jesse C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; Chironomids; Holocene thermal maximum; Lake sediments; Last glaciation; Paleoclimate; Pollen; Younger Dryas stade

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

BETULA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 68349128655     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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