Geochemical processes in a Mediterranean Lake: A high-resolution study of the last 4,000 years in Zoñar Lake, southern Spain

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-421

  Martín Puertas, Celia ^a   Valero Garcés, Blas L ^b   Mata, M Pilar ^a   Moreno, Ana ^b   Giralt, Santiago ^c   Martínez Ruiz, Francisca ^d   Jiménez Espejo, Francisco ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental changes; Geochemistry; Iberian peninsula; Land use; Late Holocene; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; ALUMINUM; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CARBONATE; COPPER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVAPORITE; FERTILIZER; GEOCHEMICAL METHOD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAKE LEVEL; LAND USE; MIDDLE AGES; ORGANIC CARBON; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; ROMAN ERA; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; WATERSHED;

ANDALUCIA; CORDOBA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN; ZONAR LAKE;

EID: 80255138240     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-009-9373-0     Document Type: Article

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