A high-resolution diatom-inferred palaeoconductivity and lake level record of the Aral Sea for the last 1600 yr

Quaternary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-393

  Austin, Patrick ^a   Mackay, Anson ^a   Palagushkina, Olga ^b   Leng, Melanie ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAZAN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic activity; Aral Sea; Diatoms; Late Holocene; Natural climate variability; Transfer Function

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; CONDUCTIVITY; DIATOM; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IRRIGATION; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOHYDROLOGY; SEDIMENT CORE;

ARAL SEA; ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34147221448     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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