Palaeo-seasonality of the last two millennia reconstructed from the oxygen isotope composition of carbonates and diatom silica from Nar Gölü, central Turkey

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-44

  Dean, Jonathan R ^a   Jones, Matthew D ^a   Leng, Melanie J ^b,c   Sloane, Hilary J ^b   Neil Roberts, C ^d   Woodbridge, Jessie ^d   Swann, George E A ^a   Metcalfe, Sarah E ^a   Eastwood, Warren J ^e   Yiǧitbaşioǧlu, Hakan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Energy Dispersive X ray Spectroscopy; Lake sediments; Mass balance; Near East; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CARBONATION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ISOTOPES; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTS; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; LAKE SEDIMENTS; MASS BALANCE; NEAR EAST; SEASONALITY;

LAKES;

CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITTLE ICE AGE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SILICA; SNOWMELT; WATER BUDGET;

NAR LAKE; NIGDE; TURKEY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84881369010     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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