Assessment of δ13C and C/N ratios in bulk organic matter as palaeosalinity indicators in Holocene and Lateglacial isolation basin sediments, northwest Scotland

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 579-591

  Mackie, Elizabeth A V ^a   Lloyd, Jeremy M ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Bentley, Michael J ^a   Arrowsmith, Carol ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

13C; C N ratios; Isolation basin; Relative sea level change

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LATE GLACIAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOSALINITY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548361752     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1081     Document Type: Article

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