Late Pleistocene record of elevated UV radiation in an Antarctic lake

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 236, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 765-772

  Hodgson, Dominic A ^a   Vyverman, Wim ^b   Verleyen, Elie ^b   Leavitt, Peter R ^c   Sabbe, Koen ^b   Squier, Angela H ^d   Keely, Brendan J ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cyanobacteria; Lakes; Late Pleistocene; Ozone hole; UV irradiance

Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA; ELEVATED ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; LATE PLEISTOCENE RECORD; OZONE HOLE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIANCE;

BACTERIA; DNA; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; MARINE BIOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; OZONE DEPLETION; PLEISTOCENE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTICA; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST ANTARCTICA; WORLD;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 24344480973     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.05.023     Document Type: Article

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