A multiple stable isotope record of Late Quaternary limnological changes and chironomid paleoecology from northeastern Iceland

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-77

  Wooller, Matthew ^a,b   Wang, Yiming ^a,b   Axford, Yarrow ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Chironomids; Hydrogen; Nitrogen; Oxygen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; FLY; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 44449134949     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9144-8     Document Type: Article

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