Seismic evidence of up to 200m lake-level change in Southern Patagonia since Marine Isotope Stage 4

Sedimentology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1087-1100

  Gebhardt, Andrea Catalina ^a   Ohlendorf, Christian ^b   Niessen, Frank ^a   De Batist, Marc ^c   Anselmetti, Flavio S ^d   Ariztegui, Daniel ^e   Kliem, Pierre ^b   Wastegård, Stefan ^f   Zolitschka, Bernd ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Argentina; Climate change; ICDP project PASADO; Lacustrine sedimentation; Laguna potrok aike; Lake level variations; Patagonia; Seismic reflection profiles

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ICDP PROJECT PASADO; LAGUNA POTROK AIKE; LAKE-LEVEL VARIATIONS; PATAGONIA; SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; SEISMIC WAVES;

LAKES;

CLIMATE VARIATION; DESICCATION; DUNE; ICE CORE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE LEVEL; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHORELINE; TRANSGRESSION; UNCONFORMITY; WATER LEVEL;

ARGENTINA; LAGUNA POTROK AIKE; MAGELLAN STRAIT; PATAGONIA; SANTA CRUZ [ARGENTINA];

EID: 84858705630     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2011.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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