Tracking aquatic change using chlorine-specific carbon and nitrogen isotopes: The last glacial-interglacial transition at Lake Suigetsu, Japan

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Tyler, J ^a,b,c   Kashiyama, Y ^b,d   Ohkouchi, N ^b   Ogawa, N ^b   Yokoyama, Y ^a,b   Chikaraishi, Y ^b   Staff, R A ^e   Ikehara, M ^f   Bronk Ramsey, C ^e   Bryant, C ^g   Brock, F ^e   Gotanda, K ^h   Haraguchi, T ⁱ   Yonenobu, H ^j   Nakagawa, T ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^h CHIBA UNIVERSITY OF COMMERCE   (Japan)

ⁱ Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^j NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^k NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

carbon isotopes; chlorophyll; compound specific isotopes; Lake Suigetsu; nitrogen isotopes; phaeopigment

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CHLORINE; CHLOROPHYLL; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LAKES; METADATA; NITROGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

C/N RATIO; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHLORINS; CHLOROPHYLL A; COMPOUND-SPECIFIC ISOTOPES; DIAGENETIC ALTERATION; DIAGENETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FIRST ORDER; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPE RATIO; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC SIGNATURES; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAST GLACIAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC MATTER; PHAEOPIGMENT; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; RIGOROUS APPROACH;

ISOTOPES;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLORIN; CHLOROPHYLL A; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

CHUBU; FUKUI; HONSHU; JAPAN; LAKE SUIGETSU;

EID: 77957590665     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GC003186     Document Type: Article

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