Holocene changes in marine productivity and terrestrial organic carbon inputs into an Icelandic fjord: Application of molecular and bulk organic proxies

Holocene

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1699-1710

  Moossen, Heiko ^a,b   Abell, Richard ^c   Quillmann, Ursula ^d   Bendle, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c Scottish Marine Institute   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

branched versus isoprenoid tetraether index; C N ratio; Holocene; Iceland; n alkane alkenone index; palaeoproductivity

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKENONE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMARKER; CARBON; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ICELAND;

EID: 84888602064     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683613505346     Document Type: Article

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