Lake Van, Eastern Anatolia, hydrochemistry and history

Aquatic Geochemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 195-222

  Reimer, Andreas ^a   Landmann, Günter ^b   Kempe, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Holocene; Hydrogeochemistry; Lake level history; Lake Van; Paleolimnology; Pore water; Sodalake

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; DISSOLUTION; HOLOCENE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROGEOCHEMISTRY; LAKE LEVEL; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; POREWATER; WATER COLUMN; WATER DEPTH;

EURASIA; LAKE VAN; TURKEY;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 64249140015     PISSN: 13806165     EISSN: 15731421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10498-008-9049-9     Document Type: Article

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