The evolution of Ace lake, Antarctica, determined from sedimentary diatom assemblages

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 124, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 73-86

  Fulford Smith, Serena P ^a   Sikes, Elisabeth L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ANTARCTIC CLIMATE AND ECOSYSTEMS COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUCAMPIA; FRAGILARIOPSIS CYLINDRUS; NITZSCHIA; PINNULARIA MICROSTAURON; STAURONEIS;

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; ICE SHEET; LAKE; SEA LEVEL;

ANTARCTICA, VESTFOLD HILLS, ACE LAKE;

EID: 0030201279     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-0182(96)01657-4     Document Type: Article

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