Calibration-in-time versus calibration-in-space (transfer function) to quantitatively infer July air temperature using biological indicators (chironomids) preserved in lake sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 281-288

  Larocque Tobler, Isabelle ^a,b   Grosjean, Martin ^a   Kamenik, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE EAU TERRE ENVIRONNEMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Climate change; Late Holocene; Paleoclimatology; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; INSECT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SUBFOSSIL; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

GRAUBUNDEN; SILVAPLANERSEE; SWITZERLAND;

CERATOPOGONIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 78650599020     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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