Diatom response to the Last Glacial-Interglacial Transition in the Ioannina basin, northwest Greece: implications for Mediterranean palaeoclimate reconstruction

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 428-440

  Wilson, Graham P ^a   Reed, Jane M ^a   Lawson, Ian T ^b   Frogley, Michael R ^c   Preece, Richard C ^d   Tzedakis, Polychronis C ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MOISTURE; WETTING;

DIATOM RESPONSE; IOANNINA BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN PALAEOCLIMATE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; FOSSIL RECORD; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; RECONSTRUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA OCELLATA; FRAGILARIALES;

EID: 38949174195     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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