Deciphering the effect of climate change and separating the influence of confounding factors in sediment core records using additive models

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 6 PART 2, 2009, Pages 2529-2541

  Simpsona, Gavin L ^a   Anderson, N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORRELATION; COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT CORE;

HIGHLAND; LAKE KASSJON; LOCH COIRE FIONNARAICH; SCOTLAND; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; VASTERBOTTEN;

EID: 78649601723     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.6_part_2.2529     Document Type: Article

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