Dynamics of the last four glacial terminations recorded in Lake Van, Turkey

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 104, Issue , 2014, Pages 42-52

  Kwiecien, Ola ^a,b   Stockhecke, Mona ^a,b   Pickarski, Nadine ^c   Heumann, Georg ^c   Litt, Thomas ^c   Sturm, Michael ^a   Anselmetti, Flavio ^d   Kipfer, Rolf ^b   Haug, Gerald H ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eastern Mediterranean; Glacial interglacial cycle; Lake Van; Multi proxy approach; Oxygen isotopes; Termination

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MIXING; ORGANIC CARBON; RAIN; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS;

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN; GLACIAL/INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; LAKE VANS; MULTI PROXIES; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; TERMINATION;

LAKES;

ANOXIA; CARBONATE; EPILIMNION; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SNOWMELT;

ANATOLIA; LAKE VAN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); TURKEY;

EID: 84909598325     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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