Early Weichselian (MIS 5d and 5c) temperatures and environmental changes in northern Fennoscandia as recorded by chironomids and macroremains at Sokli, northeast Finland

Boreas

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 689-704

  Engels, Stefan ^a,b   Helmens, Karin F ^a   Väliranta, Minna ^c   Brooks, Stephen J ^d   Birks, H John B ^e,f,g  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^f BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; INTERSTADIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; STRATIFICATION; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WEICHSELIAN;

FENNOSCANDIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 78649575095     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2010.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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