6000years of environmental changes recorded in Blue Lake, South Australia, based on ostracod ecology and valve chemistry

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 297, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 223-237

  Gouramanis, Chris ^a   Wilkins, Daniel ^a   De Deckker, Patrick ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

AMS 14C dating; Aquifers; Holocene; Mg Ca; Na Ca; Reservoir effect; Sr Ca; Stable isotopes of biogenic carbonate; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON ISOTOPE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAKE LEVEL; OSTRACOD; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALIA; BLUE LAKE [SOUTH AUSTRALIA]; MOUNT GAMBIER; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

OSTRACODA;

EID: 77956872857     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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