Millennium-scale volcanic impact on a superhumid and pristine ecosystem

Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 609-612

  Kilian, Rolf ^a   Biester, Harald ^b   Behrmann, Jan ^c   Baeza, Oscar ^a   Fesq Martin, Martinus ^d   Hohner, Miriam ^e   Schimpf, Daniel ^f   Friedmann, Arne ^d   Mangini, Augusto ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^f HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acidification; Ecosystem; Volcanic impact

Indexed keywords

LAKE ACIDIFICATION; PRISTINE ECOSYSTEM; SUPERHUMID ECOSYSTEM;

ABRASIVES; ECOSYSTEMS; MICROORGANISMS; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

VOLCANOES;

ACIDIFICATION; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLCANIC ASH;

EID: 33747330601     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G22605.1     Document Type: Article

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