LAKE SEDIMENT RECORDS OF LATE QUATERNARY PALEOCLIMATE CHANGE FROM ALASKA AND NEWFOUNDLAND DEVELOPED USING SEDIMENTOLOGY AND GEOCHEMICAL PROXIES

• Main Author: Finkenbinder, Matthew
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Harding; Low Lake; High Lake; Climate change; Ice Sheet; Newfoundland; Alaska
• Online Access: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/25356/; http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/25356/1/Finkenbinder_2015_etd.pdf

High-latitude regions are particularly sensitive to climate change through positive feedbacks linked with cryospheric processes and further exert a significant influence on the global climate system. Long term records of natural climate variability are essential to give context to potential future c...