A chironomid-based reconstruction of summer temperatures in NW Iceland since AD 1650

Quaternary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 451-460

  Langdon, P G ^a   Caseldine, C J ^b   Croudace, I W ^c   Jarvis, S ^c   Wastegard S ^d   Crowford, T C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chironomid; Iceland; Lake sediment; Little Ice Age (LIA); Summer temperature

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMID; ICELAND; LAKE SEDIMENT; LITTLE ICE AGE; SUMMER TEMPERATURE;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GLACIERS; LAKES; LEAD; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ICE;

CATCHMENT; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; SUMMER; TEPHRA; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

ICELAND;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 79955476171     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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