Holocene paleohydrology and paleoclimate at treeline, north-central Russia, inferred from oxygen isotope records in lake sediment cellulose

Quaternary Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 319-329

  Wolfe, Brent B ^a   Edwards, Thomas W D ^a   Aravena, Ramon ^a   Forman, Steven L ^b   Warner, Barry G ^a   Velichko, Andrei A ^c   MacDonald, Glen M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Paleoclimate; Paleohydrology; Russia; Sediment cellulose; Stable isotopes; Treeline

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE;

(NORTH); RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0034038392     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2000.2124     Document Type: Article

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