A biogenic-silica δ18O record of climate change during the last glacial-interglacial transition in southwestern Alaska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 379-385

  Hu, Feng Sheng ^a   Shemesh, Aldo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alaska; Lake sediment; North Pacific; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 0038037233     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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