Late Holocene change in climate and atmospheric circulation inferred from geochemical records at Kepler Lake, south-central Alaska

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-67

  Gonyo, A W ^a   Yu, Zicheng ^a   Bebout, G E ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Atmospheric circulation; Climate change; Last millennium; Late Holocene; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LITHOLOGY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MARL; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; GULF OF ALASKA; KEPLER LAKE; PACIFIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861582428     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9603-8     Document Type: Article

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