Southern hemispheric westerlies control the spatial distribution of modern sediments in Laguna Potrok Aike, Argentina

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 887-902

  Kastner, Stephanie ^a   Ohlendorf, Christian ^a   Haberzettl, Torsten ^b   Lücke, Andreas ^c   Mayr, Christoph ^d,e   Maidana, Nora I ^f   Schäbitz, Frank ^g   Zolitschka, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argentinean Patagonia; Depositional dynamics; Geochemistry; Microfossils; Spatial sediment distribution; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CALCIUM; CATCHMENT; DEEP DRILLING; DIATOM; GRAIN SIZE; GRAVITY; INORGANIC CARBON; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROFOSSIL; MINERALOGY; POLLEN; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHORELINE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; WAVE ACTION;

ARGENTINA; LAGUNA POTROK AIKE; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78049269851     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-010-9462-0     Document Type: Article

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