Diatomaceous sedimentation in late Neogene lacustrine basins of western Macedonia, Greece

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 343-359

  Owen, R B ^a   Renaut, R W ^b   Stamatakis, M G ^c  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Climatic change; Diatoms; Greece; Lacustrine basins

Indexed keywords

CLAYSTONE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONGLOMERATE; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; IRON; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LITHOFACIES; MAGNESITE; MIOCENE; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHOSPHATE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SILTSTONE; SWAMP; TECTONIC SETTING; TUFA; VIVIANITE; WETLAND;

FLORINA [WESTERN MACEDONIA]; GREECE; WESTERN MACEDONIA;

AULACOSEIRA AMBIGUA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA; CYCLOTELLA OCELLATA; FRAGILARIA; FRAGILARIACEAE; PSEUDOSTAUROSIRA BREVISTRIATA; STAUROSIRA CONSTRUENS; STAUROSIRELLA LEPTOSTAURON; ZANCLEA;

EID: 77952669607     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9409-5     Document Type: Article

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