Biogeochemical processes controlling oxygen and carbon isotopes of diatom silica in Late Glacial to Holocene lacustrine rhythmites

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 413-425

  Hernández, Armand ^a,b   Bao, Roberto ^c   Giralt, Santiago ^a   Barker, Philip A ^d   Leng, Melanie J ^e   Sloane, Hilary J ^e   Sáez, Alberto ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andean Altiplano; Carbon isotopes; Diatoms; ENSO; Lacustrine sediments; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIATOM; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LATE GLACIAL; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RHYTHMITE; SILICA; SOLAR ACTIVITY;

ALTIPLANO; ANDES; ARICA AND PARINACOTA; CHILE; CHUNGARA LAKE;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOSTEPHANOS ANDINUS;

EID: 78651063145     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.11.020     Document Type: Article

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