Late Holocene environmental history on Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic, based on diatom floristic changes and geochemistry in sediments of a volcanic crater lake

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 221-232

  Holmgren, Sofia U ^a   Ljung, Karl ^a   Björck, Svante ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Holocene climate change; South Atlantic; Tristan da Cunha

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CRATER LAKE; DIATOM; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; EPIPHYTE; EROSION; FLORISTICS; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; WESTERLY;

SAINT HELENA; TRISTAN DA CUNHA;

ACHNANTHES; AULACOSEIRA; AULACOSEIRA ALPIGENA; AULACOSEIRA DISTANS; BACILLARIOPHYTA; DIADESMIS; EUNOTIA; FRUSTULIA RHOMBOIDES; NAVICULA; NITZSCHIA; PINNULARIA;

EID: 84856001779     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-011-9571-4     Document Type: Article

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