Late Quaternary palaeoenvironmental reconstruction from Lakes Ohrid and Prespa (Macedonia/Albania border) using stable isotopes

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3109-3122

  Leng, M J ^a   Baneschi, I ^b   Zanchetta, G ^b,c,e   Jex, C N ^a,f   Wagner, B ^d   Vogel, H ^d  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; CALCITE; CATCHMENT; CORE ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUMIDITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RECONSTRUCTION; SEDIMENT CORE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER LEVEL;

LAKE MIKRI PRESPA; LAKE OHRID;

EID: 77958055757     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3109-2010     Document Type: Article

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