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Universiteit Gent (UG) - Protistology and Aquatic Ecology
Elie Verleyen

Paleolimnology of lakes in Syowa Oasis

Antarctic
Polar Zone: East Antarctica
Begin date: 3 January 2007 – end date : 9 February 2007

  • Title: Paleolimnology of lakes in Syowa Oasis
  • Summary: Sediment coring and sampling of microbial communities in lakes in order to study past climate and environmental changes using a paleolimnological approach.
  • Concerned Vessel /base/others: DROMLAN airlink: Cape Town – Troll – Cape Town and feeder flight between Troll and Japanese Syowa Base in close collaboration with the Japanese science project REGAL
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Belgian projects

Project: Holocene climate variability and ecosystem change in coastal East and Maritime Antarctica (HOLANT)

Participant: Elie Verleyen and Wim Vijverman

 
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