Isotopic evidence for Younger Dryas aridity in the North American midcontinent

Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 519-522

  Dorale, J A ^a   Wozniak, L A ^a   Bettis, III ^a   Carpenter, S J ^a   Mandel, R D ^b   Hajic, E R ^c   Lopinot, N H ^d   Ray, J H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c RESEARCH AND COLLECTIONS CENTER   (United States)

^d MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE EVENT; CLIMATIC CHANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SETTINGS; FOREST BORDERS; ILLINOIS; MISSOURIS; NORTH AMERICAN; PALEOCLIMATE PROXY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SPRUCE FOREST; TOTAL BIOMASS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

FORESTRY; SOILS;

ISOTOPES;

ARIDITY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MIDLATITUDE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRAIRIE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

CARBON; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL;

ILLINOIS; IOWA; MISSOURI; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

PICEA; POACEAE;

EID: 77955935757     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G30781.1     Document Type: Article

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