The development of a diatom database for inferring lake salinity, Western Victoria, Australia: Towards a quantitative approach for reconstructing past climates

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 389-423

  Gell, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGE; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOECOLOGY; SALINE LAKE; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SALT LAKE;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; VICTORIA;

EID: 0030659398     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT96036     Document Type: Article

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