Revised 14C dating of ice wedge growth in interior Alaska (USA) to MIS 2 reveals cold paleoclimate and carbon recycling in ancient permafrost terrain

Quaternary Research (United States)

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-225

  Lachniet, Matthew S ^a   Lawson, Daniel E ^b   Sloat, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; CRREL Permafrost Tunnel; Ice wedge; Paleoclimate; Permafrost; Radiocarbon dating

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; CARBON DYNAMICS; CARBON RECYCLING; CLIMATIC WARMING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FAIRBANKS , ALASKA; HEINRICH EVENTS; ICE WEDGES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGES; PALEOCLIMATES; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; RADIOCARBON AGE; RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOLAR INSOLATION;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOTOPES; PERMAFROST; RECYCLING;

ICE;

AIR BUBBLE; CARBON CYCLE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GLOBAL WARMING; HEINRICH EVENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PERMAFROST; RADIOCARBON DATING; UNCONFORMITY;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865385184     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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