Late Holocene climate change in central Sweden inferred from lacustrine stable isotope data

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1305-1316

  Andersson, Sofia ^a   Rosqvist, Gunhild ^a   leng, Melanie j ^b   Wastegård, Stefan ^a   Blaauw, Maarten ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Sweden; Humidity; Lake hydrology; Late Holocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; HOLOCENE; HUMIDITY; HYDROLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

SWEDEN;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHARA; MOLLUSCA; PISIDIUM;

EID: 78649550816     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1415     Document Type: Article

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