Organo-geochemical and stable isotope indicators of environmental change in a marl lake, Malham Tarn, North Yorkshire, U.K.

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 403-417

  Nunez R ^a   Spiro, B ^b   Pentecost, A ^c   Kim, A ^d   Coletta, P ^c  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; Biomarkers; Chara; Last glacial Holocene; Marl lake; Molecular 13C

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; MARL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGAE; CHARA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0036876056     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021615313641     Document Type: Article

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