Late glacial environment and climate development in northeastern China derived from geochemical and isotopic investigations of the varved sediment record from Lake Sihailongwan (Jilin Province)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 471-487

  Parplies, Jörn ^a,b   Lücke, Andreas ^a   Vos, Heinz ^a   Mingram, Jens ^c   Stebich, Martina ^d   Radtke, Ulrich ^b   Han, Jingtai ^e   Schleser, Gerhard H ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^d SENCKENBERG DEUTSCHES ENTOMOLOGISCHES INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

13Corg; 15N; Climate variability; East Asian monsoon; Late glacial; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LATE GLACIAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PHYTOPLANKTON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JILIN; LAKE SIHAILONGWAN;

ALGAE;

EID: 46249130325     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9176-0     Document Type: Article

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