Sedimentological and palaeohydrological characterization of Late Pleistocene and Holocene tufa mound palaeolakes using trenching methods in the Spanish Pyrenees

Sedimentology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1789-1819

  Pellicer, Xavier M ^a   Corella, Juan Pablo ^b   Gutiérrez, Francisco ^c   Roqué, Carles ^d   Linares, Rogelio ^e   Carbonel, Domingo ^c   Zarroca, Mario ^e   Guerrero, Jesús ^c   Comas, Xavier ^f  

^a Geological Survey of Ireland   (Ireland)

^b INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA FÍSICA ROCASOLANO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basturs; Lake sediments; Palaeoclimate; Palaeohydrology; Trenching methods; Tufa mounds

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; AQUIFERS; CATCHMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEPOSITS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRENCHING;

BASTURS; LAKE SEDIMENTS; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALAEOHYDROLOGY; TUFA MOUNDS;

LAKES;

HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOHYDROLOGY; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TUFA;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

EID: 84995380123     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12290     Document Type: Article

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