Reconstruction of past methane availability in an Arctic Alaska wetland indicates climate influenced methane release during the past ~12,000 years

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-42

  Wooller, Matthew J ^a,b   Pohlman, John W ^c   Gaglioti, Benjamin V ^a,c   Langdon, Peter ^d   Jones, Miriam ^a   Anthony, Katey M Walter ^a   Becker, Kevin W ^e   Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^e   Elvert, Marcus ^e  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Carbon; Chironomids; Isotopes; Oxygen; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CRUSTACEAN; FLY; FOSSIL RECORD; GRASS; HOLOCENE; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; METHANE; PALEOATMOSPHERE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WETLAND;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; UNITED STATES;

CHIRONOMIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM SUBSECUNDUM;

EID: 84861609580     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9591-8     Document Type: Article

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