Luminescence geochronology for sediments from Lake El'gygytgyn, northeast Siberia, Russia: Constraining the timing of paleoenvironmental events for the past 200 ka

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-88

  Forman, Steven L ^a   Pierson, James ^a   Gómez, Jeaneth ^a   Brigham Grette, Julie ^b   Nowaczyk, Norbert R ^c   Melles, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arctic lake; Geochronology; Luminescence dating; Siberia

Indexed keywords

CRATER LAKE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT CORE;

CHUKCHI; EURASIA; LAKE EL'GYGYTGYN; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 33845955276     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9024-7     Document Type: Article

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