Multiproxy record for the last 4500 years from Lake Shkodra (Albania/Montenegro)

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 780-789

  Zanchetta, Giovanni ^a,b,c   Van Welden, Aurelien ^d   Baneschi, Ilaria ^c   Drysdale, Russell ^e   Sadori, Laura ^f   Roberts, Neil ^g   Giardini, Marco ^f   Beck, Christian ^h   Pascucci, Vincenzo ⁱ   Sulpizio, Roberto ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Lake Shkodra; Late Holocene; Mediterranean; Palaeoclimate; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; CARBONATE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DEFORESTATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INORGANIC CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POLLEN; RAINFALL; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEGETATION COVER;

ALBANIA; ITALY; SHKODRA; SPAIN;

EID: 84869221519     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2563     Document Type: Article

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