A multiproxy evaluation of Holocene environmental change from Lake Igaliku, South Greenland

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 241-258

  Massa, Charly ^a   Perren, Bianca B ^a   Gauthier, Émilie ^a   Bichet, Vincent ^a   Petit, Christophe ^b   Richard, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

8.2 event; Holocene thermal maximum; Lake sediments; Neoglacial; Norse; South Greenland

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CESIUM ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIOISOSTASY; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84861614947     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9594-5     Document Type: Article

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