Geochemical record of anthropogenic impacts on Lake Valencia, Venezuela

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-418

  Xu, Yunping ^a   Jaffé, Rudolf ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACTS; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; GEOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS; GRAVITY CORES; HIGH CONTENTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; MACROPHYTES; METHYLHOPANE; N-ALKANES; ORGANIC MATTERS; PLANKTONIC COMMUNITIES; SEDIMENTARY ORGANIC MATTERS; VALENCIA;

LAKES;

ALGA; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GEOCHEMISTRY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MACROPHYTE; PLANKTON; RECONSTRUCTION; RECORD; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

CARABOBO; LAKE VALENCIA; SOUTH AMERICA; VENEZUELA;

ALGAE; BOTRYOCOCCUS BRAUNII; CILIOPHORA; CYANOBACTERIA; DINOPHYCEAE; EUSTIGMATOPHYCEAE;

EID: 60349091132     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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