Lateglacial and early Holocene climate oscillations in the Matanuska Valley, south-central Alaska

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 148-161

  Yu, Zicheng ^a   Walker, Karina N ^a   Evenson, Edward B ^a   Hajdas, Irka ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LITHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTIVITY; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE CLIMATE OSCILLATIONS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR MASS; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE OSCILLATION; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; VEGETATION TYPE; WATERSHED;

ALASKA; HUNDRED MILE LAKE; MATANUSKA VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; BETULA NANA; BIVALVIA; CHARA; MOLLUSCA; PISIDIUM;

EID: 38949187927     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.02.020     Document Type: Article

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