Evidence of Climate Change over the Last 10,000 Years from the Sediments of Lakes in the Upper Mississippi Basin
Fact Sheet
059-99
By: Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
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Abstract
The study of lake sediments as recorders of past climate change has been a major focus of the Geologic Division's Global Change and Climate History Program. In particular, lakes of the Upper Mississippi Basin (UMB) provide some of the most detailed records of climate and environmental change during the Holocene (last 10,000 years). The UMB is particularly sensitive to climate change because the three airmasses that control the climate of North America (fig. 1) intersect here.
Suggested Citation
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, Evidence of Climate Change over the Last 10,000 Years from the Sediments of Lakes in the Upper Mississippi Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 059-99, 1 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/fs05999.
ISSN: 2327-6932 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Evidence of Climate Change over the Last 10,000 Years from the Sediments of Lakes in the Upper Mississippi Basin |
| Series title | Fact Sheet |
| Series number | 059-99 |
| DOI | 10.3133/fs05999 |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 1 p. |
| Country | United States |