Modest diatom responses to regional warming on the southeast Tibetan Plateau during the last two centuries

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-227

  Wischnewski, Juliane ^a,b   Mackay, Anson W ^c   Appleby, Peter G ^d   Mischke, Steffen ^b   Herzschuh, Ulrike ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diatoms; Lake sediments; Mountain lake; Palaeolimnology; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; DIATOM; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER RETREAT; GRAIN SIZE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEAD ISOTOPE; MOUNTAIN REGION; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WARMING;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ACHNANTHES; AULACOSEIRA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYCLOTELLA SP.;

EID: 80955178877     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9533-x     Document Type: Article

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