Late Holocene monsoon climate of northeastern Taiwan inferred from elemental (C, N) and isotopic (δ 13C, δ 15N) data in lake sediments

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-60

  Selvaraj, Kandasamy ^a,b   Wei, Kuo Yen ^c   Liu, Kon Kee ^d   Kao, Shuh Ji ^a,b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

C N ratio; East Asian monsoon; Emerald Peak Lake; Late Holocene; Stable isotopes; Subtropical Taiwan; Total organic carbon

Indexed keywords

C/N RATIO; EAST ASIAN MONSOON; LATE HOLOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPES; SUBTROPICAL TAIWAN; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RUNOFF; TROPICS; VEGETATION; WATER LEVELS; WIND;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

CARBON; CLIMATE VARIATION; EL NINO; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MONSOON; NITROGEN; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); TAIWAN;

EID: 84857786380     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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