Coastal oceanographic conditions in the Prydz Bay region (East Antarctica) during the Holocene recorded in an isolation basin

Holocene

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 246-257

  Verleyen, Elie ^a   Hodgson, Dominic A ^b   Sabbe, Koen ^a   Vanhoutte, Koenraad ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coastal oceanography; Diatoms; East Antarctica; Holocene; Hypsithermal; Ice sheet retreat; Isolation basin; Larsemann Hills; Palaeolimnology; Pigments; Relative sea level change; Stomatocysts

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; PRYDZ BAY;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 1442285271     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683604hl702rp     Document Type: Article

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