Factors controlling the geochemical composition of Limnopolar Lake sediments (Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island, South Shetland Island, Antarctica) during the last ca. 1600 years

Solid Earth

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 651-663

  Cortizas, A Martínez ^a   Muñiz, I Rozas ^a   Taboada, T ^a   Toro, M ^b   Granados, I ^c   Giralt, S ^d   Pla Rabes S ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Centro de Estudios y Experimentacion de Obras Publicas   (Spain)

^c Forest Research Institute   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^e CREAF   (Spain)

^f CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CATCHMENTS; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LAKES; LEAD; QUARTZ; RESEARCH; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATES; SPECTROMETERS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TITANIUM; VOLCANOES;

ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; CLIMATIC VARIABILITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETERS; GEOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOLOGICAL MATERIALS; MINERALOGICAL COMPOSITIONS; RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

ZIRCONIUM;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMIUM; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEDIMENT CORE; TEPHRA;

ANTARCTICA; BYERS PENINSULA; LIVINGSTON ISLAND; SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS;

EID: 84904638615     PISSN: 18699510     EISSN: 18699529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/se-5-651-2014     Document Type: Article

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