Diatom-inferred salinity in palaeolakes: An indirect tracer of climate change

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 547-563

  Gasse, Françoise ^a   Barker, Philip ^b   Gell, Peter A ^c   Fritz, Sherilyn C ^d   Chalié, Françoise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; IONIC CONCENTRATION; LAKE WATER VOLUME; PALAEOLAKE; SALINITY;

EID: 0030759736     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(96)00081-9     Document Type: Article

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