Hydrogen isotope ratios of palmitic acid in lacustrine sediments record late quaternary climate variations

Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1103-1106

  Huang, Yongsong ^a   Shuman, Bryan ^a   Wang, Yi ^a   Webb, Thompson III ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen isotope ratios; Lake sediments; Paleoclimate; Palmitic acid

Indexed keywords

PALMITIC ACID;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES;

GEOLOGY;

HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY;

GREENLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036966458     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<1103:HIROPA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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