Changes in carbon and nitrogen cycling during tree-line retreat recorded in the isotopic content of lacustrine organic matter, western Taimyr Peninsula, Russia

Holocene

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-222

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Carbon isotopes; Cellulose; Holocene; Lake sediments; Nitrogen isotopes; Palaeoclimate; Palaeohydrology; Russia; Stable isotopes; Taimyr Peninsula; Tree line

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE; TREELINE; TUNDRA;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; TAIMYR PENINSULA;

EID: 0032933487     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/095968399669823431     Document Type: Article

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