Pre-aged plant waxes in tropical lake sediments and their influence on the chronology of molecular paleoclimate proxy records

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 141, Issue , 2014, Pages 346-364

  Douglas, Peter M J ^a,g   Pagani, Mark ^a   Eglinton, Timothy I ^b,c   Brenner, Mark ^d   Hodell, David A ^e   Curtis, Jason H ^d   Ma, Keith F ^a   Breckenridge, Andy ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SUPERIOR   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOLOGY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; WAX;

LAKE CHICHANCANAB; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; QUINTANA ROO;

EID: 84905388066     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.06.030     Document Type: Article

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