Some Holocene palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental perspectives on Arctic/Subarctic climate warming and the IPCC 4th Assessment Report

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-47

  MacDonald, Glen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Boreal forest; Climate change; Global warming; IPCC 4th assessment report; Palaeoclimate; Palaeoecology; Subarctic; Tree line; Tundra

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GLOBAL WARMING; HOLOCENE; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SUBARCTIC REGION; TREELINE; TUNDRA;

ALASKA; ARCTIC OCEAN; CANADA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 71149086247     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1307     Document Type: Article

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