Evaluating Holocene climate change in northern Norway using sediment records from two contrasting lake systems

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 259-273

  Balascio, Nicholas L ^a   Bradley, Raymond S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Holocene; Lake sediment; Lofoten Islands; Norway; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CHRONOLOGY; CORE ANALYSIS; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYPSITHERMAL; INFLOW; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTATION; WARM WATER;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); LOFOTEN; NORDLAND; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84861609388     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9604-7     Document Type: Article

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