Paleoclimatic significance of lacustrine microbialites: A stable isotope case study of two lakes at Torres del Paine, southern Chile

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-82

  Solari, M A ^a   Herve F ^a   Le Roux, J P ^a   Airo, A ^b   Sial, A N ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbonate; Climate change; Isotopes; Paleoclimate; Stromatolites; Thrombolites

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LITTLE ICE AGE; MEDIEVAL WARM PERIOD; MICROBIALITE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; STROMATOLITE; THROMBOLITE;

ANDES; CHILE; MAGALLANES; PATAGONIA; TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 77956872340     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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