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Long-Term Records of Continental Diatoms Paleolimnology and Biochronology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2017

Scott W. Starratt
Scott W. Starratt*
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U.S. Geological Survey MS 910 Volcanic Hazards Team 345 Middlefield Road Menlo Park, CA 94025
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Abstract

The great abundance and diversity of diatoms in lacustrine sediments and their ability to adjust to rapid changes in physical, chemical, and biological conditions makes them ideal for the study of lake history. Continuous diatom records from long-lived lakes have the potential to answer questions of basin history, climate variability, ecological change, and evolution. Isolated Tertiary outcrops provide a more limited record of environmental conditions, but as the ability to correlate individual exposures improves through the use of techniques such as tephrochronology, it is becoming possible to evaluate the timing of environmental or evolutionary changes on a regional basis.

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The Paleontological Society Papers , Volume 13: Pond Scum to Carbon Sink: Geological and Environmental Applications of the Diatoms , October 2007 , pp. 111 - 120
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