A novel geochemical approach to paleorecords of dust deposition and effective humidity: 8500 years of peat accumulation at Store Mosse (the "Great Bog"), Sweden

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 69-82

  Kylander, Malin E ^a   Bindler, Richard ^b   Cortizas, Antonio Martínez ^c   Gallagher, Kerry ^d   Mörth, Carl Magnus ^a   Rauch, Sebastien ^e  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bog surface wetness; Dust deposition; Geochemistry; Humification; Paleoclimate; Peat; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BOG SURFACE WETNESS; DUST DEPOSITION; HUMIFICATION; PALEOCLIMATES; SWEDEN;

BIODEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PEAT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WETLANDS;

DUST;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BOG; COLORIMETRY; DUST; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HUMIDITY; HUMIFICATION; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; HYPSITHERMAL; NEOGLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROMAN ERA;

JONKOPING [SWEDEN]; STORE MOSSE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876323109     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.02.010     Document Type: Article

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