Validation of a chrysophyte stomatocyst-based cold-season climate reconstruction from high-Alpine Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 268-275

  De Jong, Rixt ^a   Kamenik, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Golden brown algae; Lake ice cover; Quantitative temperature reconstructions; Varves; Winter temperature

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CLIMATE VARIATION; ICE COVER; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; VARVE;

GRAUBUNDEN; SILVAPLANERSEE; SWITZERLAND;

CHRYSOPHYCEAE;

EID: 79954513886     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1451     Document Type: Article

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