Natural and human-induced environmental change in southern Albania for the last 300 years - Constraints from the Lake Butrint sedimentary record

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 183-192

  Ariztegui, D ^a   Anselmetti, F S ^b   Robbiani, J M ^a   Bernasconi, S M ^c   Brati, E ^d   Gilli, A ^c   Lehmann, M F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e Institute of Environmental Geosciences   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anthropogenic influence; coastal lake; Mediterranean Sea; NAO; stable isotopes; UNESCO world heritage site; varves

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CORE ANALYSIS; DECADAL VARIATION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EUTROPHICATION; FRESHWATER INPUT; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SALINIZATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TIME SERIES; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNESCO; VARVE; WATER CHEMISTRY; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

ALBANIA; IONIAN SEA; LAKE BUTRINT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 77952099964     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2009.11.016     Document Type: Article

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