Factors controlling δ13C values of sedimentary carbon in hypertrophic Baldeggersee, Switzerland, and implications for interpreting isotope excursions in lake sedimentary records

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 914-922

  Teranes, Jane L ^a   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CARBON ISOTOPE;

BALDEGGER SEE; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LUCERNE [SWITZERLAND]; SWITZERLAND; WORLD;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 20044374187     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2005.50.3.0914     Document Type: Article

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