The sediments of Lake Lögurinn - A unique proxy record of Holocene glacial meltwater variability in eastern Iceland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 76-88

  Striberger, Johan ^a   Björck, Svante ^a   Holmgren, Sofia ^a   Hamerlík, Ladislav ^b,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Matthias Belius University   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

BSi; Chironomids; Diatoms; Glacial meltwater variability; Holocene; Iceland; Lake sediments; Varves

Indexed keywords

BSI; CHIRONOMIDS; DIATOMS; GLACIAL MELTWATER; HOLOCENES; ICELANDS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; VARVES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SNOW;

LAKES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DEGLACIATION; DIATOM; FLY; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; ICE CAP; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MELTWATER; PALEOCLIMATE; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; VARVE;

ICELAND; LAKE LOGURINN;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE;

EID: 84858282257     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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