Evaluating periodicities in peat-based climate proxy records

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-103

  Swindles, Graeme T ^a   Patterson, R Timothy ^b   Roe, Helen M ^c   Galloway, Jennifer M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Lomb Scargle Fourier spectral analysis; Peatlands; Periodicities; Solar forcing

Indexed keywords

FOURIER SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; HOLOCENES; PEAT LAND; PERIODICITIES; SOLAR FORCING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

WETLANDS;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM; HOLOCENE; HUMIFICATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PEAT; PEATLAND; PERIODICITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; TIMESCALE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84859634318     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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