Early-Holocene temperature variability inferred from chironomid assemblages at Hawes Water, northwest England

Holocene

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 943-954

  Lang, Barbara ^a   Bedford, Alan ^a   Brooks, Stephen J ^c   Jones, Richard T ^d   Richardson, Nigel ^a   Birks, H John B ^e,f   Marshall, Jim D ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

8.2 ka event; 9.3 ka event; British Isles; chironomid; early Holocene; Hawes Water; temperature reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE CORE; INSECT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SCANDINAVIAN ICE SHEET; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARCTIC; CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; GREENLAND; HAWESWATER RESERVOIR; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 77956079462     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683610366157     Document Type: Article

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