Sedimentary stable carbon isotope evidence of late Quaternary vegetation and climate change in highland Costa Rica

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 323-338

  Lane, Chad S ^a,b   Horn, Sally P ^a   Mora, Claudia I ^a,c   Orvis, Kenneth H ^a   Finkelstein, David B ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

C3 C4; Intertropical convergence zone; Lake sediments; n alkanes; P ramo; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARIDITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE VARIATION; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPLAND REGION;

CARIBBEAN COAST [COSTA RICA]; COSTA RICA;

EID: 79952363544     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9500-6     Document Type: Article

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