Holocene temperature history at the western Greenland Ice Sheet margin reconstructed from lake sediments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 87-100

  Axford, Yarrow ^a   Losee, Shanna ^b   Briner, Jason P ^b   Francis, Donna R ^c   Langdon, Peter G ^d   Walker, Ian R ^e  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Greenland; Holocene thermal maximum; Jakobshavn; Lake sediments; Neoglaciation; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; GREENLAND; JAKOBSHAVN; LAKE SEDIMENTS; NEOGLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATES; THERMAL MAXIMA;

DIGITAL STORAGE; GLACIERS; INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION; LAKES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE VARIATION; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; INSECT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOTEMPERATURE; RECONSTRUCTION; SUBFOSSIL; DATA ASSIMILATION; ICE SHEET; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET; JAKOBSHAVN ISBRAE;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84870184304     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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