Leaf wax δ 2H and varve-thickness climate proxies from proglacial lake sediments, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-207

  Thomas, Elizabeth K ^a   McGrane, Sean ^b   Briner, Jason P ^b   Huang, Yongsong ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic climate; Baffin Island; Biomarker; Compound specific isotopes; Holocene; Leaf wax; Proglacial lake; Varve

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; HOLOCENE; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAX;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; NUNAVUT;

EID: 84862786026     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9584-7     Document Type: Article

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