Reconstructing lake and drainage basin history using terrestrial sediment layers: Analysis of cores from a post-glacial lake in New England, USA

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-236

  Brown, Sarah ^a,d   Bierman, Paul ^a   Lini, Andrea ^a   Davis, P Thompson ^b   Southon, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Event sedimentation; Holocene; Radiocarbon based chronology; Storms; Watershed erosion

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE BASIN; GYTTJA; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE DYNAMICS; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036705022     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021623020656     Document Type: Article

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