Diatom-inferred late Pleistocene and Holocene palaeolimnological changes in the Ioannina basin, northwest Greece

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-204

  Jones, Timothy D ^a   Lawson, Ian T ^b   Reed, Jane M ^c   Wilson, Graham P ^d   Leng, Melanie J ^e,f   Gierga, Merle ^g   Bernasconi, Stefano M ^g   Smittenberg, Rienk H ^h   Hajdas, Irka ⁱ   Bryant, Charlotte L ^j   Tzedakis, P C ^k  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^j NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Diatoms; Holocene; Ioannina; Lake level change; Late Pleistocene; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; LAKE LEVEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EPIRUS; GREECE; IOANNINA; IOANNINA BASIN; PINDUS MOUNTAINS;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84872667780     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-012-9654-x     Document Type: Article

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