The last Glacial-Interglacial transition in Patagonia, Argentina: The stable isotope record of bulk sedimentary organic matter from Laguna Potrok Aike

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 205-218

  Zhu, Jiayun ^a   Lücke, Andreas ^a   Wissel, Holger ^a   Müller, Daniela ^a   Mayr, Christoph ^b,c   Ohlendorf, Christian ^d   Zolitschka, Bernd ^d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ICDP; Lake sediments; Last deglaciation; PASADO; Primary productivity; South America; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ICDP; LAKE SEDIMENTS; LAST DEGLACIATION; PASADO; PRIMARY PRODUCTIVITY; SOUTH AMERICA; STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ISOTOPES; LAKES; NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

PHYTOPLANKTON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GROWING SEASON; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARGENTINA; LAGUNA POTROK AIKE; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84878919582     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.05.025     Document Type: Article

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