The palaeoproductivity of ancient Lake Superior

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 2988-3000

  Hyodo, Ayumi ^a   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algae; Lake Superior; Meltwater termination; Organic matter; Primary productivity

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; FOUR-CORE; GLACIAL MELTWATER; GLACIAL SEDIMENTS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LAKE SUPERIOR; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; MELTWATER TERMINATION; NITROGEN DEFICIENCY; PALAEOPRODUCTIVITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL CLAY; TOTAL NITROGEN;

ALGAE; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ALGA; CARBON ISOTOPE; COEXISTENCE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MELTWATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC ACID; OSTRACOD; PRIMARY PRODUCTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

ALGAE; OSTRACODA;

EID: 80052947516     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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