The relative influences of climate and volcanic activity on Holocene lake development inferred from a mountain lake in central Kamchatka

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 134, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-81

  Self, A E ^a   Klimaschewski, A ^b   Solovieva, N ^c,d   Jones, V J ^c   Andren E ^e   Andreev, A A ^d,f   Hammarlund, D ^g   Brooks, S J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Climate; Diatoms; Holocene; Kamchatka; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CATCHMENTS; LAKES; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANTS (BOTANY); RUNOFF; VEGETATION; VOLCANOES;

CHIRONOMIDS; CLIMATE; DIATOMS; HOLOCENES; KAMCHATKA; POLLEN;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM; MACROPHYTE; MOUNTAIN REGION; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; RANGE EXPANSION; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; KAMCHATKA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BETULA; CHIRONOMIDAE; PINUS PUMILA;

EID: 84947045198     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2015.06.012     Document Type: Article

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