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 2000
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Ecology; Palaeoecology; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Vestfold Hills; Vestfold; Bunger Hills; Saline Lake; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102000000225; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/19597

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...