Contribution of non-pollen palynomorphs to the paleolimnological study of a high-altitude Andean lake (Laguna Verde Alta, Venezuela)

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 399-411

  Rull, Valentí ^a   López Sáez, José A ^b   Vegas Vilarrúbia, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

High altitude; Holocene; Late Glacial; Non pollen palynomorphs; Palynology; Venezuelan Andes

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ALTITUDE; CALIBRATION; DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLOCENE; INSECT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROFOSSIL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; PALYNOMORPH; RECONSTRUCTION; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ACARI; ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOTRYOCOCCUS; CLADOCERA; GYRATRIX; INVERTEBRATA; PEDIASTRUM; RIVULARIA (CYANOBACTERIUM);

EID: 46249087649     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-007-9169-z     Document Type: Article

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