Carbon isotopes of marl and lake sediment organic matter reflect terrestrial landscape change during the late Glacial and early Holocene (16,800 to 5,540 cal yr B.P.): A multiproxy study of lacustrine sediments at Lough Inchiquin, western Ireland

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-115

  Diefendorf, Aaron F ^a   Patterson, William P ^b   Holmden, Chris ^b   Mullins, Henry T ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon cycle; Lake sediment; Paleoecology; Paleolimnology; Paleovegetation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LATE GLACIAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXIDATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

COUNTY CLARE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LOUGH INCHIQUIN; MUNSTER [IRELAND]; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37249074061     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9099-9     Document Type: Article

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