Lateglacial and Holocene wet-dry cycles in southern Patagonia: Chronology, sedimentology and geochemistry of a lacustrine record from Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

Holocene

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-310

  Haberzettl, Torsten ^a,b   Corbella, Hugo ^c   Fey, Michael ^b   Janssen, Stephanie ^d   Lücke, Andreas ^e   Mayr, Christoph ^f   Ohlendorf, Christian ^b   Schäbitz, Frank ^d   Schleser, Gerhard H ^e   Wille, Michael ^d   Wulf, Sabine ^g   Zolitschka, Bernd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

'Little Ice Age'; Argentina; Geochemistry; Holocene; Lacustrine sediments; Lateglacial; Multiproxy approach; Patagonia; Tephrochronology; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LATE GLACIAL; LITTLE ICE AGE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARGENTINA; LAGUNA POTROK AIKE; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34347377626     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683607076437     Document Type: Article

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