Holocene climate change and carbon cycling in a groundwater-fed, boreal forest lake: Dune Lake, Alaska

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-54

  Finney, Bruce P ^a   Bigelow, Nancy H ^b   Barber, Valerie A ^b   Edwards, Mary E ^b,c  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Alaska; Holocene; Paleoclimate; Paleohydrology; Paleoproductivity; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON CYCLE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISSOLVED INORGANIC CARBON; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEOLOGY; LAKE LEVEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PERMAFROST; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLEN; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHALLOW WATER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 84861602767     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9617-2     Document Type: Article

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