Variation in the moisture regime of northeastern interior Alaska and possible linkages to the Aleutian Low: Inferences from a late-Holocene δ 18O record

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-81

  Chipman, Melissa L ^a   Clegg, Benjamin F ^a   Hu, Feng Sheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aleutian Low; Holocene; Lake sediment; Oxygen isotopes; Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MOISTURE CONTENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; SNOWMELT; SOIL EROSION; THERMOKARST;

ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

CHARA;

EID: 84861581172     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9599-0     Document Type: Article

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