Hydrologic control on the oxygen-isotope relation between sediment cellulose and lake water, western Taimyr Peninsula, Russia: Implications for the use of surface-sediment calibrations in paleolimnology

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-291

  Wolfe, Brent B ^a   Edwards, Thomas W D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic hydrology; Lake sediment cellulose; Oxygen isotopes; Russia; Snowmelt; Surface sediment calibration

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE WATER; SEDIMENT;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, TAIMYR PENINSULA;

EID: 0030712071     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007997422237     Document Type: Article

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