Age modeling of young non-varved lake sediments: Methods and limits. Examples from two lakes in Central Chile

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 401-412

  von Gunten, Lucien ^a   Grosjean, Martin ^a   Beer, Jürg ^b   Grob, Philipp ^a   Morales, Arturo ^c   Urrutia, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Superintendencia Geología División El Teniente CODELCO Casilla ^*  (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Calibration; Paleolimnology; Radionuclides; Sediment isotope tomography; Sedimentology; South America

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CALIBRATION; CARBONATE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIONUCLIDE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70249143467     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-008-9284-5     Document Type: Article

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