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

• Published in: Journal of Paleolimnology
• Main Authors: Fernandez, Marilen, Björck, Svante, Wohlfarth, Barbara, Maidana, Nora I., Unkel, Ingmar, Van der Putten, Nathalie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2013
• Subjects: Geology; Diatoms; Biogenic silica; Isla de los Estados; Late glacial-early; Holocene; Paleoenvironments; Antarctic; Argentina; Changing Lake; Main Island; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/4197940; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-013-9736-4

Isla de los Estados (54A degrees 45'S, 63A degrees 10'aEuro"64A degrees 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 stro...