Distribution of diatoms among intermittent ponds on the Atlantic Coastal Plain: Development of a model to predict drought periodicity from surface-sediment assemblages

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-90

  Gaiser, Evelyn E ^a,b   Philippi, Thomas E ^a   Taylor, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration set; Carolina bays; Diatoms; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Paleolimnology; Weighted averaging

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DROUGHT; LAKE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD;

ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031848809     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007969500673     Document Type: Article

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