Deglacial to middle Holocene (16,600 to 6000 calendar years BP) climate change in the northeastern United States inferred from multi-proxy stable isotope data, Seneca Lake, New York

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 343-361

  Ellis, Katharine Guiles ^a   Mullins, Henry T ^a   Patterson, William P ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Deglacial; Holocene; Northeastern United States; Seneca Lake; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; INSOLATION; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1942506746     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOPL.0000021853.03476.95     Document Type: Article

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