Benthic ostracode δ13c as sensor for early holocene establishment of modern circulation patterns in central europe

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 112-122

  Schwalb, Antje ^a   Dean, Walter ^b   Güde, Hans ^c   Hanisch, Sabine ^d   Sobek, Sebastian ^e   Wessels, Martin ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LUBW   (Germany)

^d ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Early Holocene; Lake sediments; Methanogenesis; North Atlantic Oscillation; Ostracodes; Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes; Tetrahymanol

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECAY (ORGANIC); ISOTOPES; LAKES; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; METHANE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; SEDIMENTS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WATER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EARLY HOLOCENE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; METHANOGENESIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATIONS; OSTRACODES; STABLE CARBON; TETRAHYMANOL;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS;

ADULT; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BENTHOS; BOTTOM WATER; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; METHANOGENESIS; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; OSTRACOD; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT-WATER INTERFACE; SHELL; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); CENTRAL EUROPE;

MIRABILIS; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84881374951     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.10.032     Document Type: Article

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