Paleoproductivity and organic matter sources in Late Quaternary Lake Ontario

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 435, Issue , 2015, Pages 13-23

  Hladyniuk, Ryan ^a   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Lake Ontario; Late Quaternary climate change; Organic matter sources; Ostracodes; Paleoproductivity

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; GLACIAL LAKE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MELTWATER; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; QUATERNARY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE ONTARIO;

BIVALVIA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 84934940670     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.05.026     Document Type: Article

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