Chironomids record terrestrial temperature changes throughout Arctic interglacials of the past 200,000 yr
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Yarrow Axford1,2,†, Jason P. Briner3, Donna R. Francis4, Gifford H. Miller2,5, Ian R. Walker6, and Alexander P. Wolfe7 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, 1850 Campus Drive, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, UCB 450, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA Department of Geology, University at Buffalo, 411 Cooke Hall, Buffalo, New York 14260, USA Department of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, 233 Morrill Science Center, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, UCB 399, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA Palaeoecology Laboratory, University of British Columbia–Okanagan, Kelowna, BC V1V1V7, Canada Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3, Canada
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