New evidence of warm early-Holocene summers in subarctic Finland based on an enhanced regional chironomid-based temperature calibration model

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-62

  Luoto, Tomi P ^a   Kaukolehto, Marjut ^a   Weckström, Jan ^a   Korhola, Atte ^a   Väliranta, Minna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chironomidae; Climate change; Lapland; Paleoclimatology; Paleolimnology; Plant macrofossils; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMID-INFERRED TEMPERATURES; CHIRONOMIDAE; LAPLAND; PALEOCLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; PLANT MACROFOSSILS; TEMPERATURE CALIBRATION; TEMPERATURE RECONSTRUCTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; REPAIR; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; FLY; FOSSIL; HOLOCENE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLANT; RECONSTRUCTION; SUMMER; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND];

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84891828402     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2013.09.010     Document Type: Article

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