Middle to late Holocene chironomid-inferred July temperatures for the central Northwest Territories, Canada.

• Published in: Journal of Paleolimnology
• Main Authors: Upiter, Lindsay M., Vermaire, Jesse C., Patterson, R. Timothy, Crann, Carley A., Galloway, Jennifer M., Macumber, Andrew L., Neville, Lisa A., Swindles, Graeme T., Falck, Hendrik, Roe, Helen M., Pisaric, Michael F. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1900/1904; name=Earth-Surface Processes; /dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1100/1104; name=Aquatic Science; Canada; Carleton Lake; Northwest Territories
• Online Access: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/publications/581fcd61-2b5e-432c-ada5-d44d7985d5bc; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-014-9775-5

We analyzed subfossil chironomids, sediment organic matter and sediment particle size data from a 1.11-m-long freeze core collected from Carleton Lake (unofficial name), located approximately 120 km north of the modern treeline. This well-dated core spans the last ca. 6,500 years. Two chironomid tra...