Palaeolimnology of Lake Hess (Patagonia, Argentina): Multi-proxy analyses of short sediment cores

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 631, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 289-302

  Guilizzoni, Piero ^a   Massaferro, Julieta ^b   Lami, Andrea ^a   Piovano, Eduardo Luis ^c   Guevara, Sergio Ribeiro ^d   Formica, Stella Maris ^c   Daga, Romina ^d   Rizzo, Andrea ^d   Gerli, Stefano ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Universidad de Córdoba   (Argentina)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Palaeolimnology; Patagonia; Pigments; South America

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL CHANGES; CHIRONOMIDS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; CLIMATE RECONSTRUCTION; CORE CORRELATION; EROSION/DEPOSITION; HEAD CAPSULE; HUMAN IMPACT; ICE-CAPS; LITTLE ICE AGE; MACROPHYTE; MOISTURE BALANCE; NATIONAL PARKS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PALAEOLIMNOLOGY; PATAGONIA; PIGMENT CONCENTRATION; PLANT PIGMENTS; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SOUTH AMERICA; TEPHRA DEPOSITS; TEPHRAS; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CESIUM; CLAY MINERALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; IMPACT STRENGTH; LAKES; LEAD; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PAINT; PARKS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; CORE ANALYSIS; FLY; LITTLE ICE AGE; MELTWATER; NATIONAL PARK; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PIGMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TEPHRA; TROPHIC CONDITIONS;

ARGENTINA; LAKE HESS; NAHUEL HUAPI NATIONAL PARK; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ALGAE; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 67349213679     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9818-5     Document Type: Article

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