Hydrological change in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada: Diatom and pollen evidence of millennial-to-centennial scale change over the Holocene

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-197

  Galloway, Jennifer M ^a,b   Lenny, Adam M ^a   Cumming, Brian F ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Climate change; Diatoms; Holocene; Paleoecology; Pollen

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; POLLEN; POSTGLACIAL; SALINITY; SEASONALITY; WARMING; WATER DEPTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CUPRESSACEAE; CYCLOTELLA BODANICA; STEPHANODISCUS;

EID: 79251632255     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9490-9     Document Type: Article

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