An ~11,200 year paleolimnological perspective for emerging archaeological findings at Quartz Lake, Alaska

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 83-99

  Wooller, Matthew J ^a,b   Kurek, Joshua ^c   Gaglioti, Benjamin V ^a,d   Cwynar, Les C ^e   Bigelow, Nancy ^b   Reuther, Joshua D ^f   Gelvin Reymiller, Carol ^b   Smol, John P ^c  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Chironomids; Oxygen isotopes; Paleotemperature; Pisidiidae

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIVALVE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA SET; EVAPORATION; FLOODING; FLY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SHELL; WETLAND;

ALASKA; QUARTZ LAKE; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; SPHAERIIDAE (BIVALVES);

EID: 84861644994     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9610-9     Document Type: Article

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