Holocene palaeoecology of southwest Greenland inferred from macrofossils in sediments of an oligosaline lake

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 787-798

  Bennike, Ole ^a   Anderson, N John ^b   McGowan, Suzanne ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Gastropods; Greenland; Holocene; Lake SS6; Lakes; Macrofossils; Macrophytes; Ostracods; Palaeoclimate; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; GASTROPOD; HOLOCENE; MACROPHYTE; OSTRACOD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHELL;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; ILYOCYPRIS BRADYI; INVERTEBRATA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 77952668623     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9368-x     Document Type: Article

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