A 1600 year multiproxy record of paleoclimatic change from varved sediments in Lake Xiaolongwan, northeastern China

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Chu, Guoqiang ^a   Sun, Qing ^b   Wang, Xiaohua ^a   Li, Dong ^a   Rioual, Patrick ^a   Qiang, Liu ^a   Han, Jingtai ^a   Liu, Jiaqi ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CATCHMENTS; DISSOLUTION; DROUGHT; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLAR ENERGY;

C/N RATIO; CYCLICAL VARIATION; DINOFLAGELLATE BLOOM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DROUGHT INDICES; DROUGHT PERIODS; HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; N VALUE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC MATTER; SOLAR ACTIVITY; SOLAR FORCING; STUDY AREAS; TOTAL NITROGEN; VASCULAR PLANT;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALGAL BLOOM; CARBON ISOTOPE; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SOLAR ACTIVITY; VAPOR PRESSURE; VASCULAR PLANT;

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

DINOPHYCEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 72049130814     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD012077     Document Type: Article

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