Biogeochemical evidence for hydrologic changes during the Holocene in a lake sediment record from southeast Greenland

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1428-1439

  Balascio, Nicholas L ^a   D'Andrea, William J ^b   Bradley, Raymond S ^a   Perren, Bianca B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

biogeochemistry; diatoms; Greenland; Holocene; lake sediment; paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CLIMATE VARIATION; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND; GREENLAND ICE SHEET;

EID: 84883622159     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613493938     Document Type: Article

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