Late-Holocene paleoenvironmental history of bioluminescent Laguna Grande, Puerto Rico

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 369, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-113

  Lane, Chad S ^a   Clark, Jeffrey J ^b   Knudsen, Andrew ^b   McFarlin, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Dinoflagellate; Particle size; Pollen; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHARCOAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL LAGOON; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HOLOCENE; NATURAL RESOURCE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLEN; PRESERVATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STABLE ISOTOPE; VULNERABILITY;

PUERTO RICO;

DINOPHYCEAE; FORAMINIFERA; PYRODINIUM BAHAMENSE;

EID: 84872013842     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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