A multi-proxy record of the Last Glacial Maximum and last 14,500 years of paleoenvironmental change at Lone Spruce Pond, southwestern Alaska

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-26

  Kaufman, Darrell S ^a   Axford, Yarrow ^b   Anderson, R Scott ^a   Lamoureux, Scott F ^c   Schindler, Daniel E ^d   Walker, Ian R ^e   Werner, Al ^f  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Biogenic silica; Carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Lake Sediment; Magnetic susceptibility; Midges; Pollen; Quaternary paleoenvironments

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; INSECT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLEN; POND; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CORE; SHRUB; SILICA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHAOBORIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLADOCERA; PICEA;

EID: 84861588108     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9607-4     Document Type: Article

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