Records of environmental changes during the Holocene from Isla de los Estados (54.4°S), southeastern Tierra del Fuego

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 74, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 99-113

  Unkel, Ingmar ^a,b   Fernandez, Marilen ^a,c   Björck, Svante ^a   Ljung, Karl ^a,d   Wohlfarth, Barbara ^e  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diatom analysis; Holocene; Lake sediments; Paleoclimate; Peat; Sea level changes; Southern westerlies; Tierra del Fuego; XRF

Indexed keywords

DIATOM ANALYSIS; HOLOCENE; LAKE SEDIMENTS; PALEOCLIMATES; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SOUTHERN WESTERLIES; TIERRA DEL FUEGO; XRF;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CLIMATOLOGY; DEPOSITS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; PEAT; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STORMS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIATOM; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAST DEGLACIATION; NITROGEN; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PEAT; RUNOFF; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ANTARCTICA; PATAGONIA; TIERRA DEL FUEGO [(ARC) SOUTH AMERICA];

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 78649634552     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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