Diatom-based evidence for abrupt climate changes during the late glacial in the Southern Carpathian mountains

Central European Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-268

  Buczkó, Krisztina ^a,e   Magyari, Eniko ^a,e   Soróczki Pintér, Éva ^a,b,e   Hubay, Katalin ^c,e   Braun, Mihály ^c,e   Bálint, Miklós ^d,e  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^d Molecular Ecology Laboratory   (Germany)

^e Biodiversitét und Klima Forschungszentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

diatoms; glacial lakes; oligotrophy; paleolimnology; Retezat Mountains

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DIATOM; GLACIAL LAKE; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; TAXONOMY;

CARPATHIANS;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 79951917314     PISSN: 17882281     EISSN: 17893348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/CEuGeol.52.2009.3-4.3     Document Type: Article

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