Stratigraphic analysis of lake level fluctuations in Lake Ohrid: An integration of high resolution hydro-acoustic data and sediment cores

Biogeosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3531-3548

  Lindhorst, K ^a   Vogel, H ^b   Krastel, S ^a   Wagner, B ^b   Hilgers, A ^b   Zander, A ^b   Schwenk, T ^c   Wessels, M ^d   Daut, G ^e  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d LUBW   (Germany)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DATA; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HABITAT TYPE; KARST; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LITHOLOGY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLIOCENE; RESOLUTION; SEDIMENT CORE; SEISMIC DATA; STRATIGRAPHY; WATER DEPTH; WATER LEVEL;

LAKE OHRID;

EID: 78349276994     PISSN: 17264170     EISSN: 17264189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-3531-2010     Document Type: Article

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