Geochemical response of a closed-lake basin to 20th century recurring droughts/wet intervals in the subtropical Pampean plains of South America

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-32

  Piovano, Eduardo L ^a   Larizzatti, Favio E ^b   Fávaro, Deborah I T ^b   Oliveira, Sonia M B ^c   Damatto, Sandra R ^d   Mazzilli, Barbara P ^d   Ariztegui, Daniel ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Lab Analise por Ativacao Neut   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

20th Century; Geochemistry; Laguna Mar Chiquita; Lake sediments; Salt lake; South America

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SALINE LAKE;

ARGENTINA; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

LAGUNA;

EID: 3543092699     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2004.21     Document Type: Article

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