A 15 000-year record of climate change in northern New Mexico, USA, inferred from isotopic and elemental contents of bog sediments

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1001-1007

  Cisneros Dozal, Luz M ^a   Heikoop, Jeffrey M ^a   Fessenden, Julianna ^a   Anderson, R Scott ^b   Meyers, Philip A ^c   Allen, Craig D ^d   Hess, Marcey ^a   Larson, Toti ^a   Perkins, George ^a   Rearick, Michael ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotopic analyses; Late Pleistocene; Lead; Southwest, USA; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

BOG; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

NEW MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE;

EID: 78149389660     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1387     Document Type: Article

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