Diatom assemblage changes in lacustrine sediments from Isla de los Estados, southernmost South America, in response to shifts in the southwesterly wind belt

• Published in: Journal of Paleolimnology
• Main Authors: Fernández, Marilén, Björck, Svante, Wohlfarth, Barbaria, Maidana, Nora Irene, Unkel, Ingmar, Van der Putten, Nathalie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Diatoms; Biogenic Silica; Isla de Los Estados; Late Glacial-Early Holocene; Paleoenvironments; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.5; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Austral; Argentina; Main Island; Changing Lake; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/26739

Isla de los Estados (54° 45′S, 63° 10′–64° 46′W) lies east of the main island of Tierra del Fuego and is the southeastern-most point in Argentina. Because of its geographic position near the latitudes of the Southern Hemisphere Westerlies and the strong influence of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current...