Isotope signature of the Younger Dryas and two minor oscillations at Gerzensee (Switzerland): Palaeoclimatic and palaeolimnologic interpretation based on bulk and biogenic carbonates

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 215-229

  Von Grafenstein, Ulrich ^a   Eicher, Ueli ^b   Erlenkeuser, Helmut ^c   Ruch, Patrick ^d   Schwander, Jakob ^b   Ammann, Brigitta ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Leibniz Labor Altersbestimmung I   (Germany)

^d CH 3003   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Lake level changes; Ostracoda; Palaeoclimate; Palaeohydrology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBONATE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LIMNOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0034660650     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00086-9     Document Type: Article

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