Elemental (C/N ratios) and isotopic (δ15Norg, δ13Corg) compositions of sedimentary organic matter from a high-altitude mountain lake (Meidsee, 2661 m a.s.l., Switzerland): Implications for Lateglacial and Holocene Alpine landscape evolution

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1135-1142

  Thevenon, Florian ^a   Adatte, Thierry ^b   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^b   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aquatic productivity; deglaciation; lake sediments; Southwestern Alps; stable isotopes; terrestrial organic matter

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; CARBON; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LATE GLACIAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE; VALLEY GLACIER;

SWITZERLAND;

ALGAE;

EID: 84866548182     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683612441841     Document Type: Article

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