Pollen-based palaeoclimate reconstructions over long glacial-interglacial timescales: Methodological tests based on the Holocene and MIS 5d-c deposits at Sokli, northern Finland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-282

  Sakari Salonen, J ^a   Helmens, Karin F ^b   Seppä, Heikki ^a   Birks, H John B ^c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continentality; No analogues; Northern Europe; Summer temperature; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876803951     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2611     Document Type: Article

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