A comparison of three Eurasian chironomid-climate calibration datasets on a W-E continentality gradient and the implications for quantitative temperature reconstructions

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 529-547

  Engels, Stefan ^a   Self, Angela E ^b   Luoto, Tomi P ^c   Brooks, Stephen J ^b   Helmens, Karin F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Continentality; Glacial timescale; Northeast Finland; Temperature reconstruction; Transfer functions

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; FLY; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; SOKLI;

CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84896392630     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-014-9772-8     Document Type: Article

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