Lacustrine sedimentary organic matter records of Late Quaternary paleoclimates

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 345-372

  Meyers, Philip A ^a   Lallier Vergès, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

C N ratios; Carbon isotopes; Hydrogen isotopes; Nitrogen isotopes; Organic carbon mass accumulation rates; Organic petrography; Pollen; Rock Eval analyses

Indexed keywords

LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; QUATERNARY;

EID: 0032942296     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008073732192     Document Type: Article

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