How cold was the Little Ice Age? A proxy-based reconstruction from Finland applying modern analogues of fossil midge assemblages

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1321-1329

  Luoto, Tomi P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Climate change; Little Ice Age; Modern analogue technique; Paleoclimatology; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MODERN ANALOGUE TECHNIQUES; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PREDICTION ERRORS; SOUTHERN FINLAND; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

ICE;

CLIMATE; DATA; FOSSIL; LITTLE ICE AGE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

FINLAND;

EID: 84874058195     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-012-1830-9     Document Type: Article

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