Environmental change in subtropical South America for the last two millennia as shown by lacustrine pigments

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 233-250

  Coianiz, Lisa ^a,b   Ariztegui, Daniel ^a   Piovano, Eduardo L ^c   Lami, Andrea ^d   Guilizzoni, Piero ^d   Gerli, Stefano ^d   Waldmann, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Argentina; Fossil pigments; HPLC; Organic matter; Saline lake; Subtropical South America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925486976     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: 15730417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-014-9822-2     Document Type: Article

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