Modern constraints on the sources and climate signals recorded by sedimentary plant waxes in west Greenland

• Published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
• Main Authors: Dion-Kirschner, Hannah, McFarlin, Jamie M., Masterson, Andrew L., Axford, Yarrow, Osburn, Magdalena R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2020
• Subjects: Compound-specific hydrogen isotopes; Compound-specific carbon isotopes; Leaf waxes; Paleohydrology; Paleoclimate; Arctic lakes; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.07.027

The hydrogen isotopic composition (δ²H values) of plant waxes preserved in the sedimentary record is a useful proxy for past hydroclimate, but a number of known biological and environmental factors can confound the climate signal this proxy records. High-latitude ecology and environmental conditio...