Diatom and vegetation responses to late glacial and early holocene climate changes at lake estanya (southern pyrenees, NE spain)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 392, Issue , 2013, Pages 335-349

  Vegas Vilarrubia T ^a   Gonzalez Samperiz P ^b   Morellon M ^c   Gil Romera, G ^b   Perez Sanz A ^b   Valero Garces B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological responses; Diatoms; Ecological threshold; Mediterranean basin; Multiproxy approach; Paleoecology; Paleolimnology

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE FORCING; CLIMATE VARIATION; COOLING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAKE LEVEL; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; REFUGE; STEPPE; THRESHOLD; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ARAGON; HUESCA [ARAGON]; LAKE ESTANYA; SPAIN;

EID: 84885803423     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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