Midge-inferred temperature reconstructions and vegetation change over the last ~15,000 years from Trout Lake, northern Yukon Territory, eastern Beringia

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-146

  Irvine, Fonya ^a   Cwynar, Les C ^a   Vermaire, Jesse C ^b   Rees, Andrew B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beringia; Chironomids; Holocene thermal maximum; Midges; Pollen; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DEEP WATER; FOSSIL RECORD; HYPSITHERMAL; INSECT; LARVA; POLLEN; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BERING ISLAND; CANADA; KAMCHATKA; KOMANDORSKI ISLANDS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; YUKON TERRITORY;

ALNUS; CHIRONOMIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84861638258     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9612-7     Document Type: Article

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