Timing and cause of water level fluctuations in Kluane Lake, Yukon Territory, over the past 5000 years

Quaternary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 213-227

  Brahney, Janice ^a   Clague, John J ^a   Menounos, Brian ^b   Edwards, Thomas, W D ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Kluane Lake; Magnetic susceptibility; Nitrogen isotopes; Paleolimnology; Sedimentology; Yukon Territory

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER; HOLOCENE; INFLOW; LAKE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVEL;

BERING SEA; CANADA; DUKE RIVER; KLUANE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SLIMS RIVER; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 50449107617     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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