Compound-specific isotopic analyses track changes in seasonal precipitation regimes in the Northeastern United States at ca 8200 cal yr BP

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 21-22, 2006, Pages 2992-3002

  Shuman, Bryan ^a   Huang, Yongsong ^b   Newby, Paige ^b   Wang, Yi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; PLANTS (BOTANY); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTS;

ISOTOPIC SHIFT; PALMITIC ACID; SUMMER PRECIPITATION LEVELS;

ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); QUATERNARY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

BERRY POND; CROOKED POND; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751229597     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2006.02.021     Document Type: Article

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