Paleolimnological evidence of Holocene climatic changes in Lake Blanca, southern Uruguay

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5: Water Pollution

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-163

  Del Puerto, L ^a   Garcia Rodriguez F ^b   Inda, H ^a   Bracco, R ^c   Castineira C ^d   Adams, J B ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^d Museos Naturales de Historia Natural Y Antropología   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Holocene; Opal Phytoliths; Sea level change; Trophic state; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; HOLOCENE;

LAKE BLANCA; MALDONADO [URUGUAY]; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

POACEAE;

EID: 33947327207     PISSN: 14336863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-0012-8     Document Type: Article

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