Holocene environments from stable isotope stratigraphy of ostracods and authigenic carbonate in Chilean Altiplano Lakes

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 153-168

  Schwalb, Antje ^a   Burns, Stephen J ^b   Kelts, Kerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chilean Altiplano; Holocene; Ostracods; Paleoclimate; Paleolimnology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT;

ALTIPLANO; CHILE;

LIMNOCYTHERE SAPPAENSIS; OSTRACODA;

EID: 0032945353     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00181-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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