Uranium-series disequilibrium, sedimentation, diatom frustules, and paleoclimate change in Lake Baikal

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 29-42

  Edgington, D N ^a   Robbins, J A ^b   Colman, S M ^c   Orlandini, K A ^d   Gustin, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Fluviolacustrine sedimentation; Frustules; Lake Baikal; Paleoclimatology; U 234 Th 230

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE SEDIMENT; FRUSTULE; GEOCHRONOMETER; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION RATE; URANIUM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, LAKE BAIKAL;

EID: 0030430730     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00085-4     Document Type: Article

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