Response of an ombrotrophic bog to a regional climate event revealed by macrofossil, molecular and carbon isotopic data

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 921-932

  Pancost, Richard D ^a,b   Baas, Marianne ^a   Van Geel, Bas ^c   Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Carbon isotopes; Climatic change; Holocene; Macrofossils; Ombrotrophic bog stratigraphy; Peat; Sub Boreal; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; OMBROTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; STRATIGRAPHY;

NETHERLANDS;

ERICACEAE; SPHAGNUM CUSPIDATUM; SPHAGNUM IMBRICATUM;

EID: 0142103660     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl674rp     Document Type: Article

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