An initial palaeosalinity history of Jaw Lake, Bunger Hills based on a diatom–salinity transfer function applied to sediment cores

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Roberts, D., McMinn, A., Zwartz, D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Bunger Hills; Saline Lake; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102000000225; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102000000225

Two sediment cores taken from Jaw lake (Bunger Hills, East Antarctica) were analysed for diatom composition and abundance. A diatom-salinity transfer function developed for the nearby Vestfold Hills was used to determine palaeosalinity reconstructions from the assemblages preserved in each of the co...