Holocene environmental changes and development of Figurnoye Lake in the southern Bunger Hills, East Antarctica

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 253-267

  Verkulich, Sergey R ^a   Melles, Martin ^b,c   Hubberten, Hans Wolfgang ^b   Pushina, Zinaida V ^d  

^a ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d All Russia Research Institute of Oceanology   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Antarctic oasis; Diatoms; Holocene paleoenvironments; Lake sediments; Radiocarbon dating; Sediment composition

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 0036704908     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021661700899     Document Type: Article

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